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ID: 8712758
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8712758
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Newark Mounds (deserted settlement)  Newark Mounds (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 02 27 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.0412  decimal degrees
Long: 082 25 48 W  degrees minutes   Long: -82.4310  decimal degrees

Note: The Newark Mounds are the largest geometric earthen walls/enclosures in the world. It is thought their arrangement is for astrological purposes. The mounds include three main sites: Octagaon Earthworks, Great Circle Earthworks, and Wright Earthworks.

Names:
Newark Mounds (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ohio (state)  ............  Ohio (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Licking (county)  ................  Licking (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Newark Mounds (deserted settlement)  ....................  Newark Mounds (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
mound (C)
earthwork (C)
Hopewell (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Newark Mounds..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) 1065878; accessed 18 November 2019
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Ohio History Center [online] (2019-) accessed 18 November 2019

 

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