Adena culture - Wikipedia
The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 500 BCE [1] to 100 CE, [2] in a time known as the Early Woodland period. [3] The Adena culture refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system.
Early Woodland Period - The Adena Culture · The Moundbuilders' Art…
The most prominent culture within the Early Woodland Period is the Adena, which was given its name by the archaeologist William C. Mills in 1902 after his excavations on the Adena plantation at Chillicothe revealed definitive cultural attributions which turned the location into a 'type site' against which all subsequent suspected Adena ...
Adena culture | Mound Builders, Hopewell & Ohio Valley
Adena culture, culture of various communities of ancient North American Indians, about 500 bc – ad 100, centred in what is now southern Ohio. Groups in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and possibly Pennsylvania bear similarities and are roughly grouped with the Adena culture.
Adena Culture - (Symbolism in Art) - Fiveable
The Adena Culture refers to a prehistoric Native American culture that flourished in the Ohio Valley from around 1000 BCE to 200 CE. Known for its complex burial mounds and intricate ceremonial practices, this culture is significant in understanding the early development of social and political structures among indigenous peoples in North ...
North America, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Overview. Hunter-gatherer lifeways continue in the Eastern Woodlands, where peoples of the Adena culture build earthworks at floodplain locations along the Ohio River valley, and develop complex communal ceremonies. Burial customs are elaborated: grave goods include luxury materials and personal ornaments as well as tools.
The Adena Culture of the Northeast - Legends of America
They created numerous pieces with art motifs, such as the weeping eye, cross, and circle designs, that became mainstays to many later Native Americans tribes. Many of their designs revolved around the transformation of humans into animals, such as birds, wolves, bears and deer, and then back to human form.
A Portrait of an Adena Female and Women in Adena Society
2017年5月16日 · Marcia’s Adena reconstructions provide visual representations of an ancient people who have fascinated researchers since the days of the early American antiquarians. Her creative works will no doubt reach the public consciousness in interesting ways in …
Adena or Hopewell - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dating back more than two thousand years, the famous Adena pipe is the oldest object in the exhibition, and it was recently named Ohio’s official state artifact. Like other ancient Woodlands forms, the pipe endured over many centuries and became a central part of Plains culture.
Arts and Religion - The Adena
Adena Religion. Although the mounds are beautiful artistic pieces themselves, Adena artists created smaller, more personal pieces of art. Many pieces of art seemed to revolve around shamanic beliefs.Also the transformation of humans into animals (particularly birds, wolves, bears and deer) and back to human form.
Centennial Loan: Adena Pipe - Cleveland Museum of Art
2016年6月16日 · This extraordinary human effigy pipe was created by an Adena sculptor during the transition between the Adena and Hopewell periods. The pipe was found in a tomb at the lowest level of the famous Adena Mound, near Chillicothe, Ohio; the tomb contained the remains of a man whose importance was marked by the unrivaled wealth of his grave goods.