4. Because the United States Department of the Interior has placed four of our sites (Newark Earthworks, Fort Ancient, Seip Mound and Serpent Mound along with the sites that make up Hopewell Culture National Historical Park) on the Tentative List for nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List!
(Does this mean we’ll soon be able to use those UN black helicopters for our archaeological surveys?)
Take a look at our nominations!
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5243/
Serpent Mound:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5248/
Here’s a link to Number 3:
http://ohio-archaeology.blogspot.com/2012/02/top-ten-reasons-why-archaeology-rocks_15.html
