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A View From Afar: The Use of Remote Sensing Technologies to Examine Hopewell Sites in Ohio

A View From Afar: The Use of Remote Sensing Technologies to Examine Hopewell Sites in Ohio . Capstone Presentation: American Anthropological Association 111 th Annual Conference San Francisco, California November 14-18, 2012.

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A View From Afar: The Use of Remote Sensing Technologies to Examine Hopewell Sites in Ohio

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  1. A View From Afar: The Use of Remote Sensing Technologies to Examine Hopewell Sites in Ohio

  2. Capstone Presentation:American Anthropological Association111th Annual ConferenceSan Francisco, California November 14-18, 2012

  3. Timeline of Mound Building Cultures in OhioAdena: 800 BC to 100 BCHopewell: 200 BC to 500 ADFort Ancient Tradition (Mississippian): 1000 AD to 1500

  4. Mound Destruction The Need for Preservation

  5. Study Areas and Major Rivers of Ohio

  6. Resources Used in this Study1. Early maps of Hopewell mounds and earthworks retrieved from: Squier, E. G., & Davis, E. H. (1848). Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (Classics in Smithsonian Anthropology). Smithsonian Books. 2. Modern orthorectified aerial photography (Tiff Format) and Lidardata (las. format) available from the State of Ohio Office of Information Technology (2011), Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program.3. ODOT (Ohio Department of Transportation) shapefiles for Airport, Active Rail, City, County, Interstate, State Routes, Township, and US Routes.4. DNR (Department of Natural Resources) hydrographyshapefile of Ohio‘s water sources, and divide line between Lake Erie and the Ohio River.5. USGS (United States Geological Survey) aerial photographs from the late 1950's and 1960's, as well as SRTM DEMs.

  7. Early Mapping of Hopewell Sites Squier & Davis

  8. Seip Earthworks as Mapped by Squier and Davis in 1847

  9. Map of Seip Earthworks Converted to Shapefile in ArcGIS

  10. Squier and Davis Map of Seip Overlaid onto 2008 Aerial Photograph

  11. MARS LP360/ArcGIS Quick Terrain Modeler Exploring Lidar Data

  12. Squier and Davis Map of Seip Overlaid onto Lidar Data

  13. Features Derived from Lidar Data

  14. Squier and Davis Shapefile Compared to LidarShapefile

  15. Seip Earthworks 1960

  16. Map Derived from Lidar Data Overlaid onto 1960’s Aerial Photograph

  17. View of Seip Earthworks Facing Southwest, Elevation TIN using MARS The Elevationhas been Multiplied by Seven to Illustrate the Earthworks & Mound Remains

  18. Seip Site Facing Northwest, Using Quick Terrain Modeler The Elevation Has Been Reduced to Between 698 and 711 Feet to Illustrate the Remains of the Earthworks

  19. The Preservation of Hopewell Sites

  20. Map Derived from Lidar Data Overlaid onto 1960’s Aerial Photograph

  21. Park Development and Preservation

  22. Conclusion Image created by CERHAS, University of Cincinnati

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