THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A RENOWNED HOPEWELL MOUND CENTER --MOUND CITY

http://ohio-archaeology.blogspot.com/2013/04/mound-city-archaeology-of-renowned.html - Ohio Archaeology Blog

When you arrive at the threshold of Mound City in Chillicothe, the view before you is, as its name suggests, reminiscent of a cityscape…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

Archaeology | Mound City digs provide insight into Hopewell

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2013/04/07/2-mound-city-digs-provide-insight-into-hopewell.html - The Columbus Dispatch

Mound City is a set of at least 25 burial mounds surrounded by a roughly rectangular earthen embankment. Located in Chillicothe, it is one of the most spectacular sites of the Hopewell culture, circa 100 B.C. to A.D. 400, and is the main attraction of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park…CLICK LINK TO READ MORE…

The Adena Mounds

http://www.adena.com/adena/ad/ad01.htm



About 1000 B.C. we can mark the beginning of a new period for man in North America. This period, which lasted until about 700 A.D., is called the Woodland Period. It is during this time that a new culture emerged and made significant settlements in what is now known as West Virginia. These people are known to us today by the general term of the Mound Builders. They were so named for their practice of creating earthen burial mounds and other earthworks. The Mound Builders lived over a wide range from the Atlantic, the Midwest and the Ohio Valley to the Mississippi Valley. The term "mound builders" refers to several cultures that span a period of about 20 centuries...CLICK LINK TO READ MORE...

Hopewell Civilization

http://archaeology.about.com/od/athroughadterms/g/adena.htm - About Archaeology

 The Hopewell civilization (also called Adena in some regions) is a prehistoric culture of the American middle west. Recent evidence has pretty much proven that Adena is indistinguishable from the Hopewell of the central North American continent, although there may some regional variations...