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Hopewell Mound Group
Description: This rectangular strip of hammered copper was bent into a ring with overlapping ends. The exterior surface is flat, while the interior surface is curved. The copper is dark reddish brown with areas of light green, brilliant green, and dusky green, which are the result of oxidation. This piece comes 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: A0283_000353_B
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400); Mound-builders; Jewelry, Prehistoric
Places: Hopewell Mound Group