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You can begin planning your travels in Ancient Ohio with currently avilable resources. Besides the Websites listed in our Contact page, we especially recommend:

Ohio Archaeology: An Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Cultures, by Bradley T. Lepper. Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press, 2005. An up-to-date, beautifully illustrated introduction to the archaeological study of Ohio's ancient sites.

Hidden Cities: The Discovery and Loss of Ancient North American Civilization, by Roger Kennedy. New York: The Free Press, 1994. An engaging if at-times-speculative account of the overlay of early Ohio history with efforts to interpret and preserve the earthworks.

EarthWorks, Virtual Explorations of the Ancient Ohio Valley, by CERHAS University of Cincinnati. This interactive CD-ROM provides two-and-a-half hours of interactive video segments explaining and interpreting the region's ancient sites in the context of spectacular digital visualizations; available at: www.earthworks.uc.edu