USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Adena culture is known for food cultivation, pottery, and commercial networks that covered a vast area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Over a period of 500 years, the Adena culture transformed into what we call the Hopewell tradition.

Detailed explanation-2: -500 bce: The Adena people build villages with burial mounds in the Midwest. 100 bce: Hopewell societies are building massive earthen mounds for burial of their dead and probably other religious purposes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Adena were notable for their agricultural practices, pottery, artistic works, and extensive trading network, which supplied them with a variety of raw materials, ranging from copper from the Great Lakes to shells from the Gulf Coast.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hopewell civilization, sometimes known as Adena/Hopewell, lasted from about 200 BC to 400 AD. It was made up of communities that occupied much of the area now known as the American mid-west, along rivers in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The Hopewell were part-time farmers who lived in villages.