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- (Tarih) Hopewell cuture (formerly Mound Builders) is the most notable ancient Indian culture of east-central North America. It flourished с 200 BC–AD 500, chiefly in the Illinois and Ohio river valleys. (The name derives from a U.S. farm where the first site was explored.) The Hopewell Indians built earthen mounds for enclosure, burial, religious rites, and defense. Hopewell villages lay along rivers and streams. The inhabitants raised corn and possibly beans and squash but still relied upon hunting and gathering. They produced pottery and metalwork. Trade routes were evidently well developed. After AD 400 the distinctive features of the Hopewell culture gradually disappeared. See also Woodland culture
- mound builder
- Any of several Native American people who constructed large mounds for ceremonial or burial purposes
- Mound Builder
- A member of any of various Native American peoples flourishing from around the 5th century especially in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, practicing settled agriculture and known for their often large burial and effigy mounds
- mound builder
- prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
- moundbuilders
- plural of moundbuilder
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/ˈmound ˈbəldərz/ /ˈmaʊnd ˈbɪldɜrz/
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