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Ohio:The Wright Earthwork |
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Part of Newark Earthworks State Memorial, this 50-foot long segment is one side
of a large square enclosure that was an important feature of the original complex.
The geometrical enclosures found at Newark were used by the Hopewell Indians
(100 BC-AD 500) for social and religious purposes. Octagon
Earthworks and The Great Circle Earthworks
(formerly known as Moundbuilders State Memorial) are both additional local sites
that preserve other features of this majestic remnant of prehistoric Ohio.
Although the expansion of the city of Newark has obliterated large
portions of the mounds and walls of the original earthworks, important
sections are preserved.
*info copied from OHS
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