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WHERE: Perry County, Ohio, near the towns of Glenford and Somerset WHEN: Saturday May 9, 2015 TIME: 10 am to 3 pm COST: Free of charge, but advanced registration required. DIFFICULTY: Rugged off trail hike with significant ascent, about 2 miles. Join HEC...

This week Dr. N’omi Greber, an advisor to the Heartland Earthworks Conservancy, an accomplished Hopewell archaeology scholar, and a dear colleague passed away. N’omi was more than a colleague to most of us, she was a mentor, a friend, and a kind heart. Her research at...

Early in 2014, the Heartland Earthworks Conservancy heard that the Junction Group Earthworks were going up for auction. With only three weeks notice, HEC leapt into action and mobilized a coalition of conservation organizations to spread the word and raise funds to...

One of the founding HEC trustees Dr. Jarrod Burks has been elected the new board president for Heartland Earthworks Conservancy. Jarrod Burks is a professional archaeologist who works for a private archaeology firm in Columbus, Ohio. Jarrod received his PhD and MA...

In October 2013, reporter Kevin Coleman of WBEX radio in Chillicothe interviewed HEC director Bruce Lombardo about why Ohio’s ancient Native American earthwork sites are important. Bruce had just finished presenting his PowerPoint program on the topic to prominent...

Twenty participants registered for HEC’s special event at Fort Ancient on June 29, 2013. Archaeologist Dr. Jarrod Burks, HEC’s Vice President, offered a powerpoint program in the museum that showed many of the images created by his geophysical survey that discovered...

On Saturday, June 29, 2013, the Heartland Earthworks Conservancy will be offering a special event at the mysterious Fort Ancient site led by archaeologist Dr. Jarrod Burks, Vice President of HEC. The tour will begin in the South Fort, home to a Late Prehistoric period...

Robert N. Drake, an attorney practicing in Newark, Ohio, has recently become an advisor to the board of trustees of the HEC. Rob grew up in Central Ohio, received his undergraduate degree in history from the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, and his J.D. degree from...

“EXPLORING THE ANCIENT EARTHWORKS OF FORT HILL,” a public event co-sponsored by the Heartland Earthworks Conservancy, the National Park Service and the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System, is being offered at Fort Hill on Sunday May 20, 2012, from 9:30 to 4:00 pm. An...

On November 21, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service granted 501(c)3 tax-exempt status to the Heartland Earthworks Conservancy as a public non-profit charity. All the purposes and activities of HEC the bylaws and mission statement were approved by the IRS. The HEC may...