Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage Site

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World Heritage Site archaeological site complex

The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage Site is a UNESCO-listed complex in Ohio comprising monumental geometric earthworks built by the Indigenous Hopewell culture between about 1 and 400 CE for ceremonial and astronomical purposes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks 4
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage Site canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle monumental earthworks ⓘ
associatedWith Hopewell exchange network NERFINISHED ⓘ
prehistoric astronomy in North America ⓘ
associatedWithIndigenousPeoples Indigenous peoples of Eastern North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEndTime circa 400 CE ⓘ
constructionStartTime circa 1 CE ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culture Hopewell culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart High Bank Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hopeton Earthworks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park components NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hopewell Mound Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mound City Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newark Earthworks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seip Earthworks NERFINISHED ⓘ
geometric earthworks ⓘ
mounds ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageValue outstanding testimony to the cultural tradition of the Hopewell ⓘ
locatedIn Ohio ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Licking County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ross County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
other counties in central and southern Ohio ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
mainTheme ceremony and cosmology ⓘ
material earth ⓘ
notableFor ceremonial landscapes ⓘ
large-scale geometric earthworks ⓘ
precise astronomical alignments ⓘ
partOf Hopewell culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionStatus federally protected in part ⓘ
state protected in part ⓘ
significantPeriod Middle Woodland period ⓘ
timeOfUse 1st to 5th century CE ⓘ
topography river valleys and terraces ⓘ
tourism open to visitors at designated units ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ
usedFor astronomical observations ⓘ
ceremonial purposes ⓘ
ritual activities ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park → partOf → Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage Site ⓘ
Newark Earthworks → partOf → Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
Mound City Group → partOf → Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
Seip Earthworks → partOf → Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve → partOf → Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks World Heritage Site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks