WHEREAS, The Fort Ancient Earthworks in Warren County, the | 10 |
Newark Earthworks in Licking County, the Hopewell Culture National | 11 |
Historical Park in Ross County, SunWatch Indian Village and | 12 |
Archaeological Park in Montgomery County, and Serpent Mound in | 13 |
Adams County are all outstanding examples of internationally | 14 |
significant and nationally recognized archaeological sites in | 15 |
Ohio; and | 16 |
WHEREAS, The Fort Ancient Earthworks, the Newark Earthworks, | 27 |
and the sites that comprise the Hopewell Culture National | 28 |
Historical Park are being submitted to the National Park Service | 29 |
by the Ohio Historical Society and the Hopewell Culture National | 30 |
Historical Park as a group for a serial nomination of earthworks | 31 |
constructed by the Hopewell culture. In addition, those groups are | 32 |
joining with the SunWatch Indian Village and Archaeological Park | 33 |
in submitting that site and Serpent Mound to the Service as a | 34 |
separate group; now therefore be it | 35 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 130th | 36 |
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the National Park | 37 |
Service in the United States Department of the Interior to include | 38 |
the Fort Ancient Earthworks, the Newark Earthworks, the Hopewell | 39 |
Culture National Historical Park, SunWatch Indian Village and | 40 |
Archaeological Park, and Serpent Mound on the United States World | 41 |
Heritage Tentative List to be submitted to the United Nations for | 42 |
inclusion on the World Heritage List; and be it further | 43 |