Hopewell tradition
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The Hopewell tradition, also called the Hopewell culture and Hopewellian exchange, describes a network of precontact Native American cultures that flourished in settlements along rivers in the northea
Hopewell Interaction Area and local expressions of the Hopewell tradition
Hopewell mounds from the Mound City Group in Ohio
Carved mica hand, Hopewell Mounds
Serpent effigy, Turner Group, Mound 4, Little Miami Valley, OH
Fort Ancient
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The Fort Ancient culture is a Native American archaeological culture that dates back to c. 1000–1750 CE. Members of the culture lived along the Ohio River valley, in an area running from modern-day Oh
Hopewell tradition
…Period Middle Woodland period Dates 100 BCE to 500 CE Type site Hopewell Mound Group Major sites Newark Earthworks Preceded by Adena culture Followed by Fort Ancient, Mississippian culture Defined by Warren K. Moorehead The Hopewell tradition, also called the Hopewell culture and Hopewellian exchange, describes a…
Partially reconstructed Fort Ancient settlement at Sunwatch Indian Village
Fort Ancient cultural region, with some of its major sites and neighbors
Artists conception of the Sunwatch Indian Village
Mississippian Shell gorget from a Fort Ancient site in Ohio, now at the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center in Portsmouth, Ohio