Hopeton Earthworks
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The Hopeton Earthworks are Hopewell culture
mounds and earthworks located about a mile east of the Mound City group
on a terrace of the Scioto River
. The walls have been damaged by cultivation. They are contained in a detached portion of Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. The Hopeton Earthworks are not open to the public.
Hopewell culture
The Hopewell tradition is the term used to describe common aspects of the Native American culture that flourished along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern United States from 200 BCE to 500 CE. The Hopewell tradition was not a single culture or society, but a widely dispersed set of related...
mounds and earthworks located about a mile east of the Mound City group
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, formerly known as Mound City Group National Monument, is a United States national historical park with earthworks and burial mounds from the Hopewell culture, indigenous peoples who flourished from about 200 BC to AD 500. The park is composed of five...
on a terrace of the Scioto River
Scioto River
The Scioto River is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles in length. It rises in Auglaize County in west central Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth...
. The walls have been damaged by cultivation. They are contained in a detached portion of Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. The Hopeton Earthworks are not open to the public.