Eastern WoodlandsHopewell Tradition

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Eastern Woodlands-Hopewell Tradition
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• Welcome to my Power Point Presentation on the
  Hopewell Tradition in the Eastern Woodlands.

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Hopewell Environment

• The Hopewell people lived in Ohio region, mostly
  western to south western to be exact. Some of the
  Hopewell moved farther to the West.
• They lived in Ohio so the climate did not change
  much. The weather was warm and wet in the spring
  and summer months but cold and snowy in winter.

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Shelter

• The only clue in what their shelters looked like
  comes from their successors, the Fort ancients.
  The Fort Ancients lived in temporary
  circular/square huts and lean-to's.
• (wiki.answers.com)
• Most of the Eastern Woodlands People lived in
  longhouses, though each tribe lived in something
  different.

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• The Eastern Woodlands, Hopewell tradition were
  hunter- gatherers. Therefore, their diet
  consisted of animals and plants.
• In the Ohio region the Hopewell Tradition mainly
  focused on deer as the main source of meat.

Food
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Clothing

• The Eastern Woodlands, Hopewell tradition had
  clothes made mainly on animal skins. These skins
  did include deer skin for Native Americans wasted
  no part of an animal.
• Some Eastern Woodlands tribes used woven material
  for clothing.
• The skin to the left is NOT the kind of skin that
  the native Americans used.

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Interesting Facts
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• The native Americans wasted no part of any
  animal.
• The Hopewell tradition were mound builders.
• The Hopewell tradition were skilled
  hunter-gatherers.
• Their clothing was made of animal skins.

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Summing It Up
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• The Hopewell tradition lived in Ohio with a
  steady climate.
• Nobody knows what kind of dwelling the Hopewell
  tradition lived in.
• The Hopewell tradition were hunter-gatherers.
• The Hopewell tradition wore animal skins as
  clothing.

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Thank you
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• Thank you for watching this presentation and I
  hope you learned a lot !