Indian mounds of the middle Ohio Valley : a guide to mounds and earthworks of the Adena, Hopewell, Cole, and Fort Ancient people.

"Mounds and earthworks are the most conspicuous elements of prehistoric American Indian culture to be found on the landscape of eastern North America. Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley is a guide to the extant, publicly accessible mounds and earthworks built by the Adena and Hopewell Indians between 3,000 and 1,500 years ago. This book also reviews the chronology, geography, and culture of these two mound building groups, and the fate of their mounds during the historic period. Sources of additional information about the Adena and Hopewell, and the sites described in this book are provided."--Back cover

Describes the lives and fates of several midwestern mound-building Native American tribes.

Associates each letter of the alphabet with information concerning the various Indian tribes of Ohio. Includes reproducible pages of activities.

Collection : Smithsonian institution. Bureau of ethnology ; 8

Provides an introduction to the ancient Indian mound builders of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.