The Great Serpent Mound and the Milky Way

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  • Bradley T Lepper Ohio History Connection

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https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.23697

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The Milky Way

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2022-08-23

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Lepper, B. T. (2022). The Great Serpent Mound and the Milky Way. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 8(1), 114-119. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.23697