The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are 2000-year old ceremonial sites that were created by the ancestors of American Indians. Eight earthworks, including Fort Ancient and the Newark Earthworks, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2023 as masterpieces of human creative genius. In this program, we’ll learn about these special places and how they relate to other American Indian sites in Ohio.

Moderator: Bill Kennedy is the Site Manager at Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve. He has been a museum archaeologist in southwest Ohio for 25+ years. He specializes in pre-contact American Indian sites with a particular interest in ancient wooden architecture, wood science, and site ecology. He has experience working with sites of all pre-contact periods in Ohio.