archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil. Earthworks...

Look up earthwork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Earthworks may refer to: Earthworks (archaeology), human-made constructions that modify the land...

Newark Earthworks in Newark and Heath, Ohio, consist of three sections of preserved earthworks: the Great Circle Earthworks, the Octagon Earthworks, and...

of varying sizes. As opposed to wet sieving, which uses water. earthworks Earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles...

The Marietta Earthworks is an archaeological site located at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers in Washington County, Ohio, United States...

Portsmouth Earthworks Tour The Portsmouth Earthworks Complex Portsmouth Earthworks Complex Artifacts OHC Portsmouth Earthworks The Portsmouth Earthworks and...

The Shriver Circle Earthworks (33 RO 347) are an Ohio Hopewell culture (200 BCE to 500 CE) archaeological site located in Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio...

systems and elaborate earthworks in the southern Ohio area, including the National Historic Landmarks of Fort Ancient, Newark Earthworks, and Serpent Mound...

professional archaeological excavations. The earthworks are named after a 19th-century plantation on the property. The monumental earthworks of Poverty...

ritual landscapes. Avenues are identified through their earthworks or using aerial archaeology, as their parallel features can be seen stretching over...

excavation Typical earthworks include road construction, railway beds, causeways, dams, levees, canals, and berms. Other common earthworks are land grading...

Troyville Earthworks (16 CT 7) is a Woodland period Native American archaeological site with components dating from 100 BCE to 700 CE during the Baytown...

Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks is a World Heritage Site in the United States preserving eight monumental earthworks constructed by the Hopewell Culture...

also known as the Benin Iya, or Walls of Benin, are a series of massive earthworks encircling Benin City in Nigeria's Edo State. These moats have deep historical...

Aetna Earthworks, also known as the Missaukee Earthworks or Missaukee Mounds, is an archaeological site consisting of a pair of circular earthworks designated...

people who constructed the earthworks, some postulating a large population, others a small population that built the earthworks over a long period of time...

the Hopeton Earthworks. C.S.Turner. Romain, William F. (March 2, 2005). "Newark Earthwork Cosmology : This Island Earth". Hopewell Archaeology Newsletter...

It does not refer to specific people or archaeological culture but refers to the characteristic mound earthworks that indigenous peoples erected for an...

Ancient North America : The Archaeology of a Continent (4 ed.). New York: Thames & Hudson Inc. p. 390. Poverty Point Earthworks: Evolutionary Milestones...

A henge loosely describes one of three related types of Neolithic earthwork. The essential characteristic of all three is that they feature a ring-shaped...

The Cush Earthworks are a series of earthworks, and a National Monument, located in County Limerick, Ireland. The Cush Earthworks are located on the western...

According to archaeological investigations, Adena earthworks were often built as part of their burial rituals, in which the earth of the earthwork was piled...

fortifications—for example breastworks—and often known as fieldworks or earthworks, are extemporized by troops in the field, perhaps assisted by such local...

Wansdyke (from Woden's Dyke) is a series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment...

identifying and recording archaeological features. These include: Earthworks: Banks, ditches, mounds, and other earthworks often create subtle variations...

both sides or no ditch at all. Earthworks range in length from a few tens of metres to more than 80 km. Linear earthworks are also known as dykes (also...

Mound). In the archaeology of the United States and Canada, a mound is a deliberately constructed elevated earthen structure or earthwork, intended for...

Experimental archaeology (also called experiment archaeology) is a field of study which attempts to generate and test archaeological hypotheses, usually...

The Cedar Creek Earthworks Site is an earthworks site located in Essex County, Ontario. It has the Borden number of AaHq-2. This site was originally documented...

Fort Ancient Archaeological Park Fort Ancient, Ancient Ohio Trail Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Nomination Fort Ancient Earthworks...