By: Allison Fritsch and Lauren Mayhugh
started 100 BC ended AD 500
From Adena culture
Ohio and Illinois river valleys
Very few Hopewell houses have been found and evenfewer Hopewell villages.
Lived in square houses
Had leaders, but they were not like powerful rulerswho could command armies of slaves and soldiers
Acquired their position because of their ability topersuade others to agree with them on importantmatters such as trade and religion.
raised corn and possibly beans and squash but stillrelied on hunting and gathering
hunted rabbit, elk, bear, turkey, grouse, raccoon, duck,squirrel, and deer.
prepared food by heating up stones over a fire, thenputting the stones in a pot of water which boiled thewater. Then they put the food in the boiling water andit cooked until it was ready to eat.
carved spear points out of obsidian
Two Hopewell blades composed of Flint Ridge flintwere located at the Eiden archaeological site near theconfluence of the Black River and French Creek.
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 andhuman shapes.
Women wore their hair pinned in a bun with a woodendowel or with bones, sometimes in a knot or ponytail
Men wore their hair in a Mohawk and wore ornamentsfrom head to toe.
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 effigiesof animals with nothing inside, used as foundationsfor temples, platforms for mounds built on top ofmounds.
disappeared with little explanation around 500 AD
first Ohio natives to be magnificent artisans
skilled at creating ornaments and other objects
developed form of writing
