From d97e26d881ff48751cef32d9ed09ce67bdb9db4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Kalsbeek Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:08:27 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gitignore issue made me almost lose data --- .gitignore | 2 +- ui/src/data/bibliography.js | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ui/src/data/historicSites.js | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 ui/src/data/bibliography.js create mode 100644 ui/src/data/historicSites.js diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index e64e987..ff08a24 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ erl_crash.dump /tmp/ # Ignore package tarball (built via "mix hex.build"). -data +/data/ # Ignore my stack of pdfs /docs/ diff --git a/ui/src/data/bibliography.js b/ui/src/data/bibliography.js new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a5a3a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/ui/src/data/bibliography.js @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +// BIBLIOGRAPHY +// BibTeX-inspired JSON format for Hopewell archaeological references + +export const BIBLIOGRAPHY = { + "hively_horn_1982": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Hively, Ray", "Horn, Robert"], + "title": "Geometry and Astronomy in Prehistoric Ohio", + "journal": "Archaeoastronomy", + "volume": "4", + "pages": "S1-S20", + "year": 1982, + "note": "Foundational paper demonstrating lunar alignments at Newark Octagon Earthworks" + }, + "hively_horn_1984": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Hively, Ray", "Horn, Robert"], + "title": "Hopewellian Geometry and Astronomy at High Bank", + "journal": "Archaeoastronomy", + "volume": "7", + "pages": "S85-S100", + "year": 1984, + "note": "Extended lunar alignment analysis to High Bank Works" + }, + "hively_horn_2006": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Hively, Ray", "Horn, Robert"], + "title": "A Statistical Study of Lunar Alignments at the Newark Earthworks", + "journal": "Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology", + "year": 2006, + "note": "Monte Carlo analysis showing odds of chance alignments at 1 in 40 million" + }, + "squier_davis_1848": { + "type": "book", + "author": ["Squier, Ephraim George", "Davis, Edwin Hamilton"], + "title": "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley", + "publisher": "Smithsonian Institution", + "series": "Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge", + "volume": "1", + "year": 1848, + "note": "First comprehensive survey of Ohio earthworks; first Smithsonian publication" + }, + "salisbury_salisbury_1862": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Salisbury, James", "Salisbury, Charles"], + "title": "Accurate Surveys and Descriptions of the Ancient Earthworks at Newark, Ohio", + "journal": "American Journal of Science and Arts", + "series": "2nd series", + "volume": "34", + "pages": "61-71", + "year": 1862, + "note": "First documentation tracing the Great Hopewell Road 6 miles south from Newark" + }, + "lepper_1995": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Lepper, Bradley T."], + "title": "Tracking Ohio's Great Hopewell Road", + "journal": "Archaeology", + "volume": "48", + "number": "6", + "pages": "52-56", + "year": 1995, + "note": "Modern investigation of the Great Hopewell Road hypothesis" + }, + "lepper_2006": { + "type": "incollection", + "author": ["Lepper, Bradley T."], + "title": "The Great Hopewell Road and the Role of Pilgrimage in the Hopewell Interaction Sphere", + "booktitle": "Recreating Hopewell", + "editor": ["Charles, Douglas K.", "Buikstra, Jane E."], + "publisher": "University Press of Florida", + "year": 2006 + }, + "lepper_2024": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Lepper, Bradley T."], + "title": "The Great Hopewell Road: A Biased Assessment Thirty Years On", + "journal": "Journal of Ohio Archaeology", + "volume": "10", + "year": 2024 + }, + "magli_lepper_2025": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Magli, Giulio", "Lepper, Bradley T."], + "title": "Going Straight in a Sacred Landscape: The Great Hopewell Road", + "journal": "Studies in Digital Heritage", + "volume": "9", + "number": "1", + "pages": "37-54", + "year": 2025 + }, + "schwarz_2016": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Schwarz, Kevin R."], + "title": "The Great Hopewell Road: New Data, Analysis, and Future Research Prospects", + "journal": "Journal of Ohio Archaeology", + "volume": "4", + "pages": "12-38", + "year": 2016 + }, + "romain_burks_2008": { + "type": "article", + "author": ["Romain, William F.", "Burks, Jarrod"], + "title": "LiDAR Imaging of the Great Hopewell Road", + "journal": "Ohio Archaeology", + "year": 2008 + } +}; \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ui/src/data/historicSites.js b/ui/src/data/historicSites.js new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3e7a000 --- /dev/null +++ b/ui/src/data/historicSites.js @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +// KNOWN_SITES with citations added to descriptions +// Citations use \cite{key} format for easy parsing + +export const KNOWN_SITES = [ + { + "name": "Newark Octagon Earthworks", + "coordinates": [[-82.444270, 40.054705]], + "description": "Part of the Newark Earthworks complex, the Octagon is precisely aligned to the 18.6-year lunar cycle \\cite{hively_horn_1982}. Connected to a 20-acre Observatory Circle, this geometric earthwork demonstrates sophisticated astronomical knowledge. The walls and gateways encode all eight lunar standstill rise and set points \\cite{mickelson_lepper_2007}. The Octagon's eight walls (each approximately 550 feet long) and Observatory Circle form one of only two known circle-octagon pairs in the Hopewell world, the other being High Bank Works \\cite{hively_horn_1984}. First comprehensively surveyed by Squier and Davis in the 1840s \\cite{squier_davis_1848}. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in September 2023 \\cite{unesco_2023}.", + "type": "earthwork", + "tiles": [ + 'BS19820747', + 'BS19820748', + 'BS19830747', + 'BS19830748', + 'BS19820746', + 'BS19810747', + 'BS19810746', + 'BS19860742', + 'BS19870743', + 'BS19860743', + 'BS19880743', + 'BS19880742', + 'BS19830746', + ], + + "overlay": [ + { + "type": 'polygon', + "coordinates": [ + [-82.44123, 40.05443], + [-82.44260, 40.05309], + [-82.44464, 40.05237], + [-82.44631, 40.05342], + [-82.44728, 40.05500], + [-82.44589, 40.05633], + [-82.44389, 40.05698], + [-82.44216, 40.05595], + [-82.44123, 40.05443] + ] + } + ] + }, + { + "name": "Great Circle Earthworks", + "coordinates": [[-82.4277555, 40.0402671]], + "description": "A nearly perfect circle 1,200 feet in diameter, enclosing approximately 30 acres \\cite{squier_davis_1848}. The earthen wall is lined by a deep interior ditch, a design typical of earlier Adena earthworks \\cite{lynott_2015}. Located in Heath, Ohio, this is one of the largest circular earthworks in the Americas. Eagle Mound at the center covers the remains of a large ceremonial structure \\cite{ohc_newark}. The walls vary from 4 to 14 feet in height at the monumental gateway. Unlike the Octagon, no solar alignments have been confirmed at the Great Circle \\cite{hively_horn_1982}. Part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site \\cite{unesco_2023}.", + "type": "earthwork", + "tiles": ["BS19870742", 'BS19870743', 'BS19880743'], + "overlay" : [ + { + "type": 'line', + "coordinates": [ + [-82.459197, 40.027871], + [-82.458565, 40.028731] + ] + } + ] + }, + { + "name": "Van Voorhis Walls", + "coordinates": [[ -82.458844,40.028344]], + "description": "The best-preserved section of the Great Hopewell Road, extending 2.5 miles south from the Newark Octagon to Ramp Creek \\cite{lepper_1995}. This confirmed earthwork consists of parallel walls approximately 60 meters (200 feet) apart, aligned on an azimuth of approximately 212° toward Chillicothe \\cite{schwarz_2016}. First documented by James and Charles Salisbury in 1862, who followed the walls for 6 miles through 'tangled swamps and over hills, still keeping their undeviating course' \\cite{salisbury_salisbury_1862}. LiDAR analysis suggests the road was sunken between the walls \\cite{romain_burks_2008}. Test excavations in 2009 revealed a thin layer of white limestone that may have paved the road \\cite{lepper_2024}. Still visible above ground in woodland areas too swampy to farm.", + "type": "road_confirmed", + "tiles": ['BS19780738', 'BS19800738', 'BS19780737', 'BS19800737'] + }, + { + "name": "Mound City Group", + "coordinates": [[-83.0065767, 39.3744923]], + "description": "The headquarters of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park \\cite{nps_hocu}. Contains 23 burial mounds within a nearly square earthen enclosure (walls approximately 3-4 feet high) along the Scioto River, enclosing over 13 acres \\cite{squier_davis_1848}. Each mound covered a charnel house where the dead were cremated. Excavations by Squier and Davis in the 1840s, and later Ohio Historical Society work (1920-1922), revealed spectacular artifacts including effigy smoking pipes, mica sheets, copper figures, and obsidian from Yellowstone \\cite{lynott_2015}. Much was damaged during Camp Sherman construction in WWI; mounds were reconstructed in the 1920s. Part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site \\cite{unesco_2023}.", + "type": "earthwork", + "tiles": ['BS18250500', 'BS18250501', 'BS18260501', 'BS18260500'] + }, + { + "name": "Hopeton Earthworks", + "coordinates": [[-82.9809185, 39.3790743]], + "description": "A geometric earthwork complex featuring a circle (320m/1,050 ft diameter) and square of similar area, connected by parallel earthen walls \\cite{squier_davis_1848}. The circle has the same diameter as those at four other Hopewell sites, including Newark and High Bank \\cite{hively_horn_1984}. The parallel walls (extending nearly half a mile toward the Scioto River) align with the winter solstice sunset, and the diagonal of the square aligns with the summer solstice sunset \\cite{nps_hocu}. Located on a terrace east of the Scioto River, across from Mound City \\cite{lynott_2015}. Recent magnetometry revealed evidence of a monumental 'woodhenge' with giant posts spaced at 20-foot intervals around the circle. Part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site \\cite{unesco_2023}.", + "type": "earthwork", + "tiles": ['BS18320502', 'BS18320503', 'BS18320505', 'BS18330505', 'BS18330503'] + }, + { + "name": "Hopewell Mound Group", + "coordinates": [[-83.0844809, 39.3608166]], + "description": "The type site for the Hopewell culture, named after former landowner Mordecai Cloud Hopewell \\cite{moorehead_1892}. This 300-acre site contains 29 mounds within a parallelogram enclosure of approximately 111 acres \\cite{squier_davis_1848}. Includes the largest known Hopewell mound—originally 500 feet long, 180 feet wide, and 30 feet tall, consisting of three conjoined mounds within a D-shaped enclosure \\cite{nps_hocu}. More Hopewell artifacts of the highest quality were found here than at any other site, including mica cutouts, copper effigies, and obsidian blades \\cite{lynott_2015}. First excavated by Warren Moorehead in 1891-1892. Part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site \\cite{unesco_2023}.", + "type": "earthwork", + "tiles": ['BS18020495', 'BS18020496', 'BS18010496', 'BS18010495', 'BS18000496', 'BS18000495', 'BS17980496', 'BS17980495'] + }, + { + "name": "Seip Earthworks", + "coordinates": [[-83.2214086, 39.2416867]], + "description": "One of the largest Hopewell complexes, featuring two circles and a square enclosing approximately 121 acres with over 10,000 feet of embankment walls \\cite{squier_davis_1848}. The Seip-Pricer Mound stands 30 feet high (240 feet long, 160 feet wide), one of the largest burial mounds in the Middle Ohio Valley \\cite{shetrone_greenman_1931}. The square measures exactly 27 acres, matching four other nearby Hopewell sites, suggesting a common unit of measurement \\cite{romain_2000}. Excavations (1925-1928) revealed over 100 burials with artifacts including thousands of freshwater pearls, Isle Royale copper, Carolina mica, and Tennessee River Valley effigy pipes \\cite{mills_1909}. Part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site \\cite{unesco_2023}.", + "type": "earthwork", + "tiles": ['BS17630452', 'BS17630451', 'BS17650451', 'BS17620451', 'BS17620450'] + }, + // There is something in this area, but I can't confirm it's the 'high banks works' + // Google maps and some facebook boomer do claim so, "highbank park earthworks" + // A historical map puts it near the Scioto river, but that's on the other side of columbus + { + "name": "High Bank Works", + "coordinates": [[-83.028353, 40.139853]], + "description": "Features a circle-octagon pair with the same design principles as Newark Earthworks—both circles are exactly 1,054 feet in diameter \\cite{hively_horn_1984}. Located approximately 60 miles from Newark on a terrace 75-80 feet above the Scioto River. The octagon is aligned to the lunar standstill cycle, with its main axis rotated exactly 90° from Newark's orientation \\cite{hively_horn_2006}. Encodes all eight lunar standstill points plus the four solstices \\cite{romain_2000}. The only other circle-octagon combination built by the Hopewell culture, suggesting intentional pairing with Newark \\cite{magli_lepper_2025}. Currently a research preserve within Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, not routinely open to the public \\cite{nps_hocu}. Part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site \\cite{unesco_2023}.", + "type": "earthwork", + "tiles": [ + "BS821780", + "BS820780", + "BS18210778", + "BS18200778", + "N1820175" + ] + } +]; + +export const TEST_TILES = KNOWN_SITES.flatMap(i => i.tiles); \ No newline at end of file