by: allison fritsch and lauren mayhugh. started 100 bc ended ad 500
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By: Allison Fritsch and Lauren Mayhugh
The Hopewell Native Americans
started 100 BC ended AD 500
Time Period
From Adena culture
Developed
Ohio and Illinois river valleys
Location
Very few Hopewell houses have been found and even fewer Hopewell villages.
Lived in square houses
Houses
Had leaders, but they were not like powerful rulers who could command armies of slaves and soldiers
Acquired their position because of their ability to persuade others to agree with them on important matters such as trade and religion.
Leaders
raised corn and possibly beans and squash but still relied on hunting and gathering
hunted rabbit, elk, bear, turkey, grouse, raccoon, duck, squirrel, and deer.
prepared food by heating up stones over a fire, then putting the stones in a pot of water which boiled the water. Then they put the food in the boiling water and it cooked until it was ready to eat.
Food
carved spear points out of obsidian Two Hopewell blades composed of Flint Ridge
flint were located at the Eiden archaeological site near the confluence of the Black River and French Creek.
Weapons
made very nice works of art.used obsidian, sharks' teeth, turtle shells, and
flints.made bracelets and beads out of copper.artists made mica into mirrors and fragile
animal and human shapes.
Art
Women wore their hair pinned in a bun with a wooden dowel or with bones, sometimes in a knot or ponytail
Men wore their hair in a Mohawk and wore ornaments from head to toe.
Clothing
Mounds larger and more elaborate than the Adenas
Mounds have given the Hopewell their second name, the Mound Builders.
used for burials, molded into symbolic shapes effigies of animals with nothing inside, used as foundations for temples, platforms for mounds built on top of mounds.
Mounds
disappeared with little explanation around 500 AD
Disappearance
first Ohio natives to be magnificent artisansskilled at creating ornaments and other
objectsdeveloped form of writing
Fun Facts
www.ohiohistorycentral.org www.mnsu.edu www.wikipedia.org www.answers.com www.nrschools.org www.ancestral.com www.examiner.com www.union-county.lib.in.us/moundbuilders.htm www.examiner.com www.union-county.lib.in.us/moundbuilders.htm https://www.cvsd.org
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