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Hopewell Culture National Historical ParkDigital rendering of what a Hopewell settlement may have looked like.
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Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Curriculum Materials
Curriculum guide now available.

Help educate your students about Ohio prehistory with help from the park's curriculum guide. The guide contains an overview of 14,000 years of human occupation in the region and provides dozens of educational activities. Expeditions into Ohio's Past, written by Park Rangers Susan Knisley and Megan Stevens and printed in 2005, is available electronically as an Adobe Acrobat file by clicking here. For more information or to request a hard copy, please contact the park by phone at 740-774-1126 or by e-mail.

Freshwater mussel shell.  

Did You Know?
Freshwater mussels were an important resource for people associated with the Hopewell culture. Mussels were used as a food source, provided pearls for ornaments, and shells were utilized for hoes.

Last Updated: May 30, 2008 at 12:46 EST