The Eads earthwork

Implications for Hopewell ceremonialism

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ID11380276
AuthorsKenneth B Tankersley (0000-0002-2474-6283, University of Cincinnati, corresponding author), Stephanie A Meyers (0009-0006-2123-6524, University of Cincinnati), Shahad Mohammed Albalushi (University of Cincinnati), Shaima Saif Salim Alhabsi (University of Cincinnati), Paris Shea Bowers (University of Cincinnati), Isabella L Burton (University of Cincinnati), Austin Clay Matthew Loukinas (University of Cincinnati), Samantha Leigh Ward (University of Cincinnati), Sean Chaney (GIS and OSP Engineering, Team Fishel, Columbus, OH, USA)
Year2023
Volume44
Issue1
Pages43-58
Publication date2023-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNorth American Archaeologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-6931 • E-ISSN: 1541-3543
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/01976931221128608
OpenAlexW4306157939
LanguageEN
References cited12

Eads (33Ct750) is a recently discovered Hopewell hilltop earthwork, which encloses ∼10 ha above the Bares Run-O’Bannon Creek-Little Miami River confluence area. Eads falls within the interquartile size range of other Ohio Hopewell earthworks. Like the nearby Foster's enclosure, Eads is a sub-meter earthwork with a single pronounced east-to-west berm, > 70.0 m in length and > 5.0 m in height. The peak of promontory aligns with the center of the Goodnough-Brock mound (33Ct751) at a compass direction of 300 o , the summer solstice sunset azimuth for the Middle Woodland cultural period. The archeoastronomy alignment and artifacts recovered from a pedestrian survey and test excavations suggest that the Eads hilltop earthwork was designed, built, and used for ceremonial purposes

Archaeology · Berm · Ditch · Earthworks · Excavation · Geoarchaeology · Geography · Geotechnical engineering · Promontory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Geology

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