Traveler's Guide to Ancient Ohio with John E. Hancock

John E. Hancock talks about his book, Traveler's Guide to Ancient Ohio: Featuring the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks . This compact, richly illustrated travel guide takes visitors to the many Indigenous earthwork wonders of southern Ohio, including the brilliant landscape monuments recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage list. The author recounts the 30-year story of how this project came about - the vision for a curated, regional approach to Ohio's brilliant American Indian earthworks - and describes how this book showcases southern Ohio's rich and surprising layers of cultural heritage for both armchair and on-site travelers. A Q&A session and a book signing take place after the lecture. Copies of his book are available for purchase during the event. About the Author: John E. Hancock (M. Arch. McGill University) taught architectural history and design at the University of Cincinnati for four decades. His expertise in environmental meaning and experience has informed his leadership of both actual and virtual cultural heritage tours in Ohio and across Europe. Working with interdisciplinary teams and Native advisors since the 1990s, he has created many public education media projects about Ohio's Indigenous earthworks, including The Ancient Ohio Trail website (2014). Most recently, John served as the principal author and photographer for the successful Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage nomination (2023), in collaboration with the Ohio History Connection