they built cone shaped mounds to bury the dead
The Mound Builders who were Adena and Hopewell and Mississippian.
Adena Culture
Adena were there first (800 B.C. - 200 A.D.). The Hopewell culture came later but overlapped with the Adena (200 B.C. - 400/500 A.D.). Most theories hold that the two intermixed peacefully, and the Hopewell culture was an elaboration and extension of the Adena mound-building culture. Thus the Hopewell art, burial ceremonies, etc were more flamboyant than that of the earlier and more primitive Adena.
Mounds were built for ceremonial and burial purposes.
Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippians
They both build burial mounds
why were the mounds that the Adena and Hopewell so important
they built cone shaped mounds to bury the dead
The Mound Builders who were Adena and Hopewell and Mississippian.
The Ulrich Mounds In Farmersville near Miamisburg in Montgomery County Ohio were excavated and believed to be Adena.
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Adena Culture
The Adena were groups of Native Americans that live in Ohio and the surrounding areas. They built mounds for their dead, which is one of their biggest achievements.
The Adena.
the adena
They built mounds over graves and sites used for special events.