Name: Lecture: Wooden Architecture
Start: 2026-02-18T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Octagon Earthworks

Join us as we explore the archaeological remains of Ohio’s oldest American Indian wooden structures with Bill Kennedy, Site Superintendent for Fort Ancient and Serpent Mound. Bill has done extensive research in this area and has hands-on experience with building replicas of these wooden structures. Bill will share what we know from the archaeological record and what he learned through experimental archaeology about how these structures were built and used by the first inhabitants of Ohio.

📅 Wednesday, February 18th

📍 Location: The Octagon Visitor Center, 125 N 33rd St, Newark, OH 43055
🕥 Time: Lecture starts at 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:30
💲 Cost: $10 general admission, $5 for Ohio History Members, Free for students with proof of Student ID
📝Registration: No need to register ahead of time—show up and pay at the time of the program.

Bill Kennedy is the Site Superintendent at Serpent Mound and at Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve. Bill has been a museum archaeologist in southwest Ohio for over 25 years. He specializes in pre-contact indigenous sites with a particular interest in ancient wooden architecture, wood science, and site ecology. Bill’s experience includes a decade of building full-scale replicas of indigenous structures using natural materials.