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.