NEWARK MOUNDS SIMULATION

Ball State’s Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA Lab) and the Applied Anthropology Laboratories (AAL) have created a web-based virtual world that interprets the earthworks in their era of construction. The sky is simulated with accurate celestial bodies using data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to allow users to view the moon and sun as they appeared almost 2000 years ago. The project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Office of Digital Humanities.

The project is a collaboration between Ball State, The Works and the Ohio History Connection, with support and partnership from several federally recognized American Indian tribes, including the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and the Shawnee Tribe.

CREDITS IDIA Lab: John Fillwalk, Neil Zehr, Trevor Danehy, Adam Kobitz, Ina-Marie Johnston AAL: Kevin Nolan, Tusher Mohanta, Jade Moore, Ashra Wickramathi Ohio History Connection: Jennifer Aultman, Bradley Lepper The Works: Meghan Federer

Advisory Board: Brett Barnes (Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma), Marti L. Chaatsmith (Newark Earthworks Center, Ohio State University), James J. Connolly (Ball State), Christine Ballengee Morris (Ohio State University)