Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1977

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Sears, William H.

Abstract

The need for a definition of Hopewell which is more consistent with the facts has long been recognized. Attempts have been made to define Hopewell as a mortuary complex, a cult, a culture, and an interaction sphere, among others. None of these adequately explains the factual data accumulated over the last century. Several "core" sites in Southern Ohio have been selected for this study on the basis of the availability of original excavation reports and site similarities and differences. A close comparison of these similarities and differences has resulted in the delineation of a model, and a subsequent redefinition of Hopewell consistent with the known facts. The similarities were explained as the participation of local cultures in the wider Hopewell System, while the differences were attributed to the unchanged, or slightly modified local cultures which participated in the Hopewell System as herein defined.

Extent

71 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13863

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