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Undocumented Artifacts from the First Ohioans Exhibit
Description: These 74 iridescent, white pearl beads vary in size. Most are round or oval, but several are irregular shapes. All were drilled through the middle to be hung on a string, and two beads have additional holes drilled in them. These beads are from Hopewell Culture. In Ohio, the Hopewell Indians (100 B.C.-A.D. 500) built burial mounds and large earthen enclosures in geometric shapes (circles, squares, and octagons) to mark the places where the people gathered periodically to participate in many social and ceremonial events. Some of these sites were quite large - the Newark Earthworks complex extends over a 4-square-mile area. The Hopewell people also maintained a large trade network extending as far as the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, the Florida coast and Appalachians, and northern Lake Superior. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A4786_000015
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400); Mound-builders;
Places: Undocumented Artifacts from the First Ohioans Exhibit