Rediscovering Liberty Earthworks Event Planned for March 7th

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(Chillicothe) – Anyone driving the roads of southeastern Ross County cannot help but be impressed by the beautiful, well-maintained farms which sprawl across the landscape toward the Scioto River as it flows along the huge, forested sandstone ridge to its west. Few of us, however, realize that this same expanse was once dominated by a series of now-vanished prehistoric geometric earthen complexes which stretched for miles and stood as much as eight feet tall in places. Of major importance among these was the Liberty Earthworks.

Leveled by nearly 200 years of agricultural activity and modern development, the Liberty Earthworks is no longer visible to the naked eye. However, the story of this grand earthen complex provides many useful insights for understanding Ross County’s newly-inscribed World Heritage Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks.

Join local educator and researcher Gary Argabright at 6:30pm on March 7th at OU-Chillicothe Bennett Hall as he discusses the features of this monumental earthen complex and the insights it provides into the amazing landscape created by the ancient Hopewell peoples in the early centuries of the modern era.