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Ohio Valley
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| Adena | 800 BCE – 100 CE | Geometric Earthworks | $3.5$ |
| Hopewell | 200 BCE – 500 CE | Complex Effigy Mounds (e.g., Great Serpent Mound) | $5.2$ |
| Fort Ancient | 800 CE – 1650 CE | Palisaded Villages | N/A (Primarily earth-and-wood structures) |
Following the decline of the Hopewell tradition, the region was occupied by various successor gro… -
Ohio Valley
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| Fort Ancient | 800 CE – 1650 CE | Palisaded Villages | N/A (Primarily earth-and-wood structures) |
Following the decline of the Hopewell tradition, the region was occupied by various successor groups, including those identified collectively as Fort Ancient, and later by the Shawnee, Miami, Delaware, and others who were forced into the valley following pressure from expanding easter… -
Shawnee Tribe
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Origins and Linguistic Classification
The Shawnee language belongs to the western branch of the Algonquian language family, sharing proto-forms with Sauk–Fox and Miami-Illinois. While historical migration patterns suggest an original homeland further east, possibly near the Atlantic seaboard, archaeological evidence from the Fort Ancient tradition (specifically the sites associ…