Archaeological culture · c. 500 BCE – 100 CE
Adena culture
Related Early Woodland societies of the Ohio Valley that shared a burial and ceremonial tradition, centred on Ohio and reaching into Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana and neighbouring states. They built earthen burial mounds, the largest surviving one being Grave Creek Mound, and perhaps the Great Serpent Mound.
See Adena culture on the map in 500 BCE
- On the map
- 500 BCE – 100 CE
How we know
No writing existed; known from burial mounds and their contents, dated by radiocarbon.
Sites
- Great Serpent Mound built c. 300 BCE (Adena) or c. 1000 CE (Fort Ancient) — disputed
- Grave Creek Mound c. 250–150 BCE