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Sub. S. R. No. 184 As Reported by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
As Reported by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Peterson, Hite
A RESOLUTION
| To urge the National Park Service in the U.S.
Department of the Interior to submit, at the
earliest possible time, the nomination of the
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, including the Fort
Ancient Earthworks, the Newark Earthworks, and the
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, to the
World Heritage Committee for inscription on the
World Heritage List.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| WHEREAS, The Fort Ancient Earthworks in Warren County, the
Newark Earthworks in Licking County, and the Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park in Ross County are all outstanding
examples of the ceremonial earthworks that were built 2,000 years
ago by the indigenous Eastern Woodland people now known as the
Hopewell culture. The earthworks are internationally significant
and nationally recognized archaeological sites in Ohio and
represent the greatest achievements of this extraordinary
civilization whose cultural center was located in the area that is
today known as Ohio; and |
| WHEREAS, The investigations of those sites were important
foundations for scientific archaeology in North America. In
addition, the sites were some of the first archaeological sites to
be preserved in the United States; and |
| WHEREAS, The National Park Service in the U.S. Department of
the Interior periodically selects sites from its Tentative List,
which was compiled and submitted by the United States in 2008 to
the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Committee, for nomination to the World
Heritage List. The World Heritage List identifies the world's most
important cultural and natural heritage sites; and |
| WHEREAS, Currently, the Fort Ancient Earthworks, the Newark
Earthworks, and the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park,
together known as the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, are on the
Tentative List. The Ohio Historical Society and the Hopewell
Culture National Historical Park and their partners on the Ohio
World Heritage Committee have made significant progress in
preparing supporting documentation for the nomination of the
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks to the World Heritage List; now
therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 130th
General Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the National Park
Service in the U.S. Department of the Interior to submit, at the
earliest possible time, the nomination of the Hopewell Ceremonial
Earthworks, including the Fort Ancient Earthworks, the Newark
Earthworks, and the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, to
the World Heritage Committee for inscription on the World Heritage
List; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate send duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Ohio Historical
Society, the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, the
National Park Service, and the news media of Ohio. |
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