Howdy Friends. In this video we take a deep dive into one of the most unusual and mysterious archaeological discoveries we have discussed on this channel. Today we are headed back to Ohio to revisit the spectacular Hopewell Earthworks. While mostly known from their enormous earthwork complexes that display advanced geometry and astronomical alignments, we will be instead focusing on a handful of unassuming ruins located in open countryside. These reoccurring series of parallel walls, mostly plowed flat, are thought to be the remains of the Hopewell Cultures most expansive feat: a road that stretched from the Newark complex to another Hopewell site, at a distance of almost 60 miles. Join me as we explore the ongoing research on the site known as The Great Hopewell Road.
happybadger [he/him] - 3day
Near the middle and end they talk about what this site and its UNESCO world heritage designation mean for local indigenous communities who've only heard themselves described as slurs to that point. Then there's a really neat effort to protect it from development, potentially crowdsourcing LIDAR data of where the road remains and then using that to create a greenway with it intact in the middle. Being able to bike along the North American Appia Way and feeling the full gravity of those trade networks would be amazing. You can kind of do that in the Rockies with some trails/roads and it always reinforces how innovative those cultures had to be to thrive there.
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Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided] - 3day
yeah Milo is good.
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happybadger [he/him] - 3day
I don't like that he's still doing the millennial style of "alcoholism is fun" comedy in most of his videos, but that's the worst criticism I could make. I like that he's a science communicator that makes engaging, socially-conscious content and viciously attacks pseudoscience charlatans by name. There are now a few archaeology and general science channels which defend science really well in that Hexbear-type way.
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HexReplyBot [none/use name] - 3day
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America's Ancient Superhighway: The Great Hopewell Road
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltu2hJwqId8Near the middle and end they talk about what this site and its UNESCO world heritage designation mean for local indigenous communities who've only heard themselves described as slurs to that point. Then there's a really neat effort to protect it from development, potentially crowdsourcing LIDAR data of where the road remains and then using that to create a greenway with it intact in the middle. Being able to bike along the North American Appia Way and feeling the full gravity of those trade networks would be amazing. You can kind of do that in the Rockies with some trails/roads and it always reinforces how innovative those cultures had to be to thrive there.
yeah Milo is good.
I don't like that he's still doing the millennial style of "alcoholism is fun" comedy in most of his videos, but that's the worst criticism I could make. I like that he's a science communicator that makes engaging, socially-conscious content and viciously attacks pseudoscience charlatans by name. There are now a few archaeology and general science channels which defend science really well in that Hexbear-type way.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: