University of Cincinnati archaeologist Kenneth Tankersley and a team of six other researchers recently proposed that a comet exploded over what is now Cincinnati between AD 252 and 383. They claim the ...

When our earthworks achieve World Heritage status in 2023, the official name of the new World Heritage site, which will include the Newark Earthworks, the Fort Ancient Earthworks, and the earthworks ...

I started in Newark, but Fort Ancient probably offers the best introduction to the Hopewell culture in Ohio, thanks to the park’s large museum on Ohio’s American Indian history. The museum covers ...

For 400 years, Indigenous North Americans flocked to a group of ceremonial sites in what is present-day Ohio to celebrate their culture and honor their dead. On Saturday, the sheer magnitude of the ...

Ball State Professor of Anthropology Mark Hill thinks it comes down to social networks, not trade. Using technology like X-ray fluorescence and mass spectrometry, researchers have determined ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the distinguishing characteristics of Ohio’s indigenous American Indian Hopewell culture, which dates from around AD 1 to ...

Angel Mounds, located along the Ohio River in southwestern Indiana, was an important center of the Mississippian culture between about AD 1000 and 1450. This ancient American Indian town sprawled ...

Fortified Hill is a hilltop enclosure earthwork built by Indigenous people thousands of years ago in what is now Ross Township, Butler County. Soon, the public will have the opportunity to experience ...

Learn about prehistoric flint resources and tools at a free flintknapping demonstration on March 28..