Hopewell tradition

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/hopewell-tradition

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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1. What is the archaeological period?Middle Woodland period (approximately 100 BCE to 500 CE)
2. What is the primary transportation corridors?Major river systems and waterways facilitated long-distance travel and trade
3. Where did the Hopewell tradition take place?It stretched from the northern shores of Lake Ontario in Canada all the way down to Florida in the United States, covering many states.
4. What kinds of things did Hopewell people trade?They traded materials like obsidian from the Rocky Mountains, copper from the Great Lakes, mica from the Appalachians, and shells from the coasts. These were turned into beautiful pipes, beads, and ornaments.

Precontact Native American cultures: Indigenous societies of North America that existed before the arrival of Europeans.
Hopewellian exchange: A complex system of trade and interaction involving the movement of goods, ideas, and people across eastern North America.
Middle Woodland period: A cultural period in North American archaeology (c. 100 BCE – 500 CE) characterized by the development of the Hopewell tradition.
Exotic materials: Raw materials sourced from distant geographical locations, valued for their rarity and used in crafting prestige items.