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Fort Ancient Earthworks
Hopewell 1–450 CE · Hopewell tradition
Largest hilltop enclosure: 40 ha with 67 gateways, Hopewell 1–450 CE, UNESCO 2023.
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🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Hopewell 1–450 CE · Hopewell tradition
Largest hilltop enclosure: 40 ha with 67 gateways, Hopewell 1–450 CE, UNESCO 2023.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Hopewell (c.100 BCE–250 CE) with Fort Ancient reuse · Hopewell → Fort Ancient
Outer-embankment timber circle 60 m diameter discovered 2007 by magnetometry inside Fort Ancient Hilltop Enclosure (Hopewell 100 BCE–500 CE, later Fort Ancient reuse).
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Mississippian Middle Cumberland (1000–1300 CE) · Mississippian (Sellars phase)
Middle Cumberland Mississippian (1000–1300 CE) platform mound town on Spring Creek 3 km south of Cumberland River: single 5-m-high substructure mound (60×40 m) with refurbished summit structure and…
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Middle Woodland Hopewell (100 BCE–200 CE) · Hopewell (Little Miami)
Massive Hopewell enclosure at confluence of Turtle and Little Miami Rivers, 700 m long irregular rectangular enclosure (12 ha) with 1.5 m embankments and deep 2 m exterior ditch, featuring timber…