This project is for the design of an interactive computer application for analysis and understanding of the geometric relationships of Ohio's Newark Octagon Earthworks to observations of the Moon and Sun. The simulation model will be used for research and to educate the public about these ancient sites in Ohio, and how scientific thinking and observation played an important role in the culture of ancestral Native America.

The Newark Earthworks Center (NEC) of The Ohio State University is an interdisciplinary academic center with the mission to study and teach about the Newark and other Earthworks and to honor Native American achievement, by bringing together archaeologists, American Indian tribal leaders, and other scholars for public dialogue and education.

Project Investigators:
Alan Price, Associate Professor, ACCAD/Design
Dr. Richard Shiels, Associate Professor of History and Director of NEC
Martha L. Chaatsmith [Comanche], (Sociology), Program Coordinator of NEC.