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Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Excavations at the Holder-Wright Property by Andy B on Monday, 24 December 2018

From 2009 through 2013, Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc. conducted three different archaeological projects at the Holder-Wright farm. Work began in 2009 with geophysical surveys of the farm’s 1700 year old Hopewell earthworks. These surveys found clear evidence of the intact remains of the earthworks, and other associated features, just beneath the plow layer. Surface surveys in 2011 of the southern farm fields located over 800 artifacts representing perhaps three or more occupations of the farm stretching back at least as far as 4000 B.C., well before the construction and use of the earthworks. Excavations also were conducted around the house during the project to restore it to its near-original configuration. These excavations involved a 1x8 meter trench off the northwest corner of the house and down into the adjacent earthwork ditch, as well as serval small excavations conducted underneath the later house additions. These small excavations found numerous artifacts dating back to the early occupation of the house in the early-to-mid 1800s. The 1x8 meter trench produced some of the most interesting results of the project, with sealed layers of nineteenth century refuse in the ditch and the first ever radiocarbon date from the Holder-Wright Group earthworks: calibrated AD 230 to 382.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314033681_Geophysical_Survey_and_Archaeological_Excavations_at_the_Holder-Wright_Property_Hopewell_Earthwork_Site_and_Nineteenth_Century_Farm

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jarrod_Burks/publication/314033681_Geophysical_Survey_and_Archaeological_Excavations_at_the_Holder-Wright_Property_Hopewell_Earthwork_Site_and_Nineteenth_Century_Farm/links/58b194e2a6fdcc6f03f90799/Geophysical-Survey-and-Archaeological-Excavations-at-the-Holder-Wright-Property-Hopewell-Earthwork-Site-and-Nineteenth-Century-Farm.pdf

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