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Hopewell Mound Group
Description: This flat piece of copper was cut into a diamond shape with small holes in each of the four points. Cut-outs in the design form open teardrops in the middle. Two of the teardrop forms have circular holes cut in them and the other two have teardrop-shaped holes. The copper is light blue green and dusky green in color. This piece is a replica of a Hopewell artifact. 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: A0283_000369
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400); Mound-builders; Indian copperwork
Places: Hopewell Mound Group