they built cone shaped mounds to bury the dead
mound diggers
The Mound Builders who were Adena and Hopewell and Mississippian.
adena hopewell fort ancient
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.
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The Adena Mound
Ohio
Ohio
mound diggers
The Mound Builders who were Adena and Hopewell and Mississippian.
adena hopewell fort ancient
They are both mound builders.
They are both mound builders.
Adena Culture
adena hopewell fort ancient
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.
One important leader