Adena culture

Adena culture

Geographic distribution of the Adena (500 BCE–100 AD), Hopewell (200 BCE–500 AD), and Fort Ancient (1000–1750 AD) cultures.[citation needed]
Geographical range	Midwestern United States
Period	Early Woodland period
Dates	c. 500 BCE to c. 100 CE
Type site	Adena Mound
Major sites	Criel Mound, Grave Creek Mound, and Miamisburg Mound
Preceded by	Archaic period
Followed by	Ohio Hopewell

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. The Adena culture was centered on the location of the modern state of Ohio, but also extended into contiguous areas of Kentucky, West Virginia,Indiana, Illinois, Southern Wisconsin and parts of extreme western Pennsylvania.^[3]