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Holdings: 35mm slide: 10575
World Region: North America
Region: Southeast US and Eastern Woodlands
Country: United States
State/Province: Ohio
Description: A map of Ohio Hopewell sites. Southern Ohio is the locale of the most abundant and richest Hopewell sites. The majority are found along the Miami, Scioto, and Muskingum rivers and range in date from 100 BC to 550 AD. After that no more lowland centers were built; instead hilltops were fortified (colored dots locate three major examples). The McGraw site was excavated by the author (Olaf H. Prufer).
Image Categories: Map: Site/artifact distribution
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "The Hopewell Cult," by Olaf H. Prufer; p. 93. In: Scientific American, Vol. 211, No. 6. New York: Munn & Co., 1964.

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Full citation: "A map of Ohio Hopewell sites. Southern Ohio is the locale of the most abundant and richest Hopewell sites. The majority are found along the Miami, Scioto, and Muskingum rivers and range in date from 100 BC to 550 AD. After that no more lowland centers were built; instead hilltops were fortified (colored dots locate three major examples). The McGraw site was excavated by the author (Olaf H. Prufer).". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-16053/16053. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 19, 2024.