USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hopewell Indians are best known for the earth mounds they built. Like the Indians of the Adena culture who came before them, they built large mounds in which they buried the bodies of important people. They also created earthworks in geometric shapes such as circles, rectangles, and octagons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction. Two thousand years ago, people of an advanced culture gathered here to conduct religious rituals and ceremonies related to their society. At this site, they built an enormous earthwork complex spanning about 130 acres.

Detailed explanation-3: -The people who are considered to be part of the “Hopewell culture” built massive earthworks and numerous mounds while crafting fine works of art whose meaning often eludes modern archaeologists. This “Hopewell culture” flourished between roughly A.D. 1 and A.D. 500.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mound City, located on Ohio Highway 104 approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Chillicothe along the Scioto River, is a group of 23 earthen mounds constructed by the Hopewell culture.

Detailed explanation-5: -Archaeologists call those people mound builders. Three important groups of mound builders were the people of the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures. They built many different types of mounds. Burial mounds were used as graves.