Six major Ohio Hopewell sites were redated to a 250-year construction span, down from 700, with a peak in visual and constructional arts around 2,000 years ago.
Radiocarbon study contracts Ohio Hopewell timeline from 700 to 250 years
Key facts
- A 2023 paper in American Antiquity by Mark F. Seeman (Kent State) and Kevin C. Nolan (Ball State) re-dated the six largest Hopewell earthwork sites in Ohio.
- The study used 424 radiocarbon dates with strict chronometric hygiene to eliminate contaminated samples.
- The six sites analyzed were the Hopewell Mounds -- The Big Mound 25, Liberty, Mound City, Seip, Tremper, and Turner.
- Results contracted the Ohio Hopewell construction span from approximately 700 years to about 250 years.
- The peak of Hopewell construction activity occurred approximately 2,000 years ago.
- The authors describe Hopewell as part of an early American Indian socio-religious movement with distinct shrine or cultic centers.
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📍 Hopewell Mounds -- The Big Mound 25🌍 Show on the globe
Sources
Kevin C. Nolan, Ph.D.: "The "when" of Ohio Hopewell is…" - Mastodonmastodon.online
Ohio #Hopewell is an archaeological concept that is known worldwide but that suffers from “a disarray of radiocarbon results”. Here, we ...
Adena-Hopewell Astronomy and Landscape Archaeologythearchcons.org
He draws together basic site data as well as the most recent research by himself and others to posit new interpretations of the Adena and Hopewell cultures.
[PDF] New Dates on Scioto Hopewell Sites: A SCHoN Projectohioarchaeology.org
As part of a larger project, Scale and Community in Hopewell Networks (SCHoN), we submitted a series of 19 dates from seven Scioto Valley Hopewell sites.
Hopewell Culture NHP: Administrative History (Chapter 1)npshistory.com
[2] The Hopewell perfected the use of copper to make intricate handicrafts, and are credited with achieving the highest level of Indian artisan ...
A Post from our Ohio Neighbors - 30 Days of Kentucky Archaeology30daysofkentuckyarchaeology.wordpress.com
Seeman and Nolan's analysis suggests that, at least for the six sites included in their model, the Hopewell culture emerged at around AD 125; ...
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