Hopewell Settlement Patterns, Subsistence, and Symbolic Landscapes

Examining the meaning of the Ohio Hopewell monumental earthworks within the societies that built them

Were the builders of the famous earthworks and mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley, people we today call Ohio Hopewell, residentially mobile or sedentary populations? What role and meaning did Hopewell earthworks play within these ancient societies? Ultimately, can they teach us anything or help us se...