Adena
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky
- Date: c. 1000 -200
The Adena culture, which flourished between about 1000 b.c.e. and 200 c.e., was the first in a “spectacular series” of North American Early Woodland societies. With its classical heartland situated in a large area around Chillicothe, Ohio, the Adena culture was found in southern Ohio, eastern Indiana, northern Kentucky, West Virginia, and southwestern Pennsylvania. Its name is derived from Adena, the estate of an early Ohio governor that was situated near a mound on a hillside overlooking Ohio's first capital.
Mound Builders
The early American settlers of the...
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