Havana Hopewell culture

Approximate Geographic Extent of Havana Hopewell

TheHavana Hopewell culturewere a Hopewellian people who lived in theIllinois RiverandMississippi Rivervalleys inIowa,Illinois,andMissourifrom 200 BCE to 400 CE.

Hopewell Interaction Sphere

TheHopewell Exchange systembegan in the Ohio and Illinois River Valleys around 300 BCE. The culture is referred to more as a system of interaction among a variety of societies than as a single society or culture. The central Illinois River Valley was home to one particular complex, the Havana Hopewell culture. Havana Hopewell sites have been found in Illinois, northwest Indiana, southwest Michigan, southern Wisconsin, and Minnesota and northeast Iowa.Hopewell trading networks were quite extensive, withobsidianfrom theYellowstonearea,copperfromLake Superior,and shells from theGulf Coast.

Havana Hopewell sites

Rockwell Mound, a major site at Havana

Toolesboro Mound Group

TheToolesboro Mound GroupinLouisa County, Iowaincluded a large octagonal earthen enclosure that covered several acres; earthworks of this style are reminiscent of the monumental construction seen inChillicotheandNewark, Ohio.It also has a group of seven burial mounds on a bluff overlooking theIowa Rivernear where it joins the Mississippi River. The conical mounds were constructed between 100 BCE and 200 CE. At one time, there may have been as many as twelve mounds. Mound 2, the largest remaining, measures 100 feet in diameter and 8 feet in height. This mound was possibly the largest Hopewell mound in Iowa.

Ogden-Fettie Site

TheOgden-Fettie Siteis a Havana-Hopewell settlement site and mound complex nearLewistown, IllinoisinFulton County, Illinois.It consists of thirty-five mounds arranged in a crescent-shaped enclosure.

See also

• Albany Mounds State Historic Site
• Mound House (Greene County, Illinois)
• Naples Mound 8
• Rockwell Mound
• Sinnissippi Mounds
• Hopewell tradition
• List of Hopewell sites