Revising And Re-sizing History: New Work Shows Ohio Site To Be An Ancient Water Works, Not A Fort
Friday, September 12, 2008 - 12:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
More than 200 years ago, William Henry Harrison -- when he was a general and not yet the US' ninth president -- made historical pronouncements that a hilltop site west of Cincinnati was an ancient military fort. Discoveries made by University of Cincinnati researchers this summer, though, offer new evidence that turns that long-accepted historical interpretation upside down.