Hopewell tradition — Hopewell Interaction Area and local expressions of the Hopewell tradition The Hopewell tradition (also incorrectly called the Hopewell culture [citation needed]) is the term used to describe common aspects of the Nativ … Wikipedia
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park — 1840s map of Mound City … Wikipedia
Hopewell culture — formerly Mound Builders Most notable ancient Indian culture of east central North America. It flourished с 200 BC–AD 500, chiefly in the Illinois and Ohio river valleys. (The name derives from a U.S. farm where the first site was explored.) The… … Universalium
Hopewell — /hohp wel, weuhl/, n. a city in E Virginia, on the James River. 23,397. /hohp wel, weuhl/, adj. Archaeol. of or pertaining to an advanced mound building and agricultural Amerindian culture 100 B.C. A.D. 400, centered in Ohio and Illinois and… … Universalium
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park — ▪ park, Ohio, United States formerly (until 1992) Mound City Group National Monument, group of 24 cone shaped ceremonial burial mounds (burial mound) of the Hopewell (Hopewell culture) Indians, dating from between 200 BC and AD 500, in… … Universalium
Mississippian culture pottery — is the ceramic tradition of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) found as artifacts in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast. It is often characterized by the adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shell… … Wikipedia
Native American pottery — Prior to the coming of Europeans, the peoples of both the North and South American continents had a wide variety of pottery traditions. However, there is no evidence that a Native American potter ever invented the potter s wheel. Because of this … Wikipedia
Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… … Universalium
Ceramics of indigenous peoples of the Americas — Moche portrait vessel, Musée du quai Branly, ca. 100 700 CE, 16 x 29 x 22 cm … Wikipedia
Woodland period — The Woodland period of North American pre Columbian cultures was from roughly 1000 BCE to 1000 CE in the eastern part of North America. The term Woodland Period was introduced in the 1930s as a generic header for prehistoric sites falling between … Wikipedia
