Mound builder (people) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mound Builder is a general term referring to prehistoric inhabitants of North America who constructed various styles of earthen mounds for burial, residential and ceremonial purposes. These included ...
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The Hopewell Mound Builders then capped the mound with stones and pebbles. Found within these burial mounds are carved animals on utensils and pottery used for feasts and religious rituals.
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www.cuyahogafallshistory.com/mound_builders.htm
www.cuyahogafallshistory.com/mound_builders.htm
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The "Mound Builders" can be divided into three groups. The first two are classified as "woodland". They are: 1) Adena 2) Hopewell 3) Mississippi.
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www.union-county.lib.in.us/mound_builders.htm
www.union-county.lib.in.us/mound_builders.htm
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The ancient Native American earth mound comes in many different shapes and sizes, and it served many different functions in ancient times. The greatest mound builders were those in the Hopewell culture. ... Hopewell artisans formed each effigy mound into the shape of an animal, such as a bear, a bird, a buffalo, a deer,
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The name is derived from the Hopewell farm in Ross county, Ohio, where the first site—centring on a group of burial mounds with extensive enclosures of banked earth—was explored. The term Mound Builders, once applied to this culture, is now considered a misnomer.
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www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/271480/Hopewell-cult...
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Mound Builders; The average height for Hopewell males in Ohio was 5 feet 9 inches. Both the Adena and the Hopewell (‘Mound Builders’) left us a legacy of Indian mounds that are today considered treasures of the past.
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www.shelbycountyhistory.org/schs/indians/hopewellpg2.ht...
www.shelbycountyhistory.org/schs/indians/hopewellpg2.htm
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From about 1000 B.C. to approximately 1 A.D. A later group of Mound Builders, the Hopewell, lived from about 1 A.D. to 700 A.D. and represented a greater refinement over the earlier Adena culture. Other cultures extended the Mound Builders to about 1300 A.D.
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A well-known Hopewell mound site is are the Effigy Mounds. They're on the western bank of the Mississippi River in Iowa. There are about 196 mounds. 26 are birds and bears. The others have a conical shape.
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The mound's length is approximately 1,254 feet and a width of 20 to 25 feet. It's average hight is from about 4 to 5 feet. It's still argued whether the Adena or Hopewell Indians made it. Most credit has gone to the Adena.
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