Great Earthwork near Newark, Ohio Small 320×123 Medium 640×247 Large 1024×395 Download Tiff Original 2400×925 | (1.9 MB) Description An unknown people inhabited the central portion of North America at an unknown period in its history. They left traces of agriculture and skill in arts. Keywords earthen mounds, earthwork, mound-builders, Native Americans, Newark, Ohio Galleries Ohio Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 6) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)