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Hopewell Mound Group
Description: This large, spiral conch shell was bisected along the long axis to make a container or dipper. 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_000060_1
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400); Mound-builders; Containers, Prehistoric
Places: Hopewell Mound Group