Adena culture

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The Adena culture was an early Native American mound-building society of the Early Woodland period in the Ohio Valley, known for its conical burial mounds, elaborate mortuary practices, and distinctive pottery and stone tools.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Adena culture canonical 22
Adena people 5
Adena mound-building tradition 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American culture ⓘ
Pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
cultivated goosefoot ⓘ
maygrass ⓘ
squash ⓘ
sunflower ⓘ
endTime circa 200 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Hopewell culture ⓘ
linked to: Hopewell tradition
hasActivity mound building ⓘ
hasArtifactType beads ⓘ
cord-marked pottery ⓘ
gorgets ⓘ
projectile points ⓘ
stone pipes ⓘ
stone tablets ⓘ
thick-walled pottery ⓘ
hasArtStyle abstract engraved motifs ⓘ
simple geometric designs ⓘ
hasBurialPractice burials beneath mounds ⓘ
cremation ⓘ
extended inhumation ⓘ
log-lined tombs ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity gathering ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
hasRegion Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
hasReligionOrBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
mortuary ceremonialism ⓘ
hasSettlementPattern hamlets ⓘ
small dispersed villages ⓘ
hasSite Adena Mound ⓘ
Criel Mound ⓘ
Grave Creek Mound ⓘ
Miamisburg Mound ⓘ
Wolf Plains Group ⓘ
hasTypeOfStructure burial mound ⓘ
earthwork ⓘ
ritual mound ⓘ
influenced Hopewell tradition ⓘ
knownFor conical burial mounds ⓘ
distinctive pottery ⓘ
elaborate mortuary practices ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern United States ⓘ
Ohio Valley ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Valley region
namedAfter Adena Mound ⓘ
partOf Early Woodland period ⓘ
startTime circa 1000 BCE ⓘ
usedFor funerary ceremonies ⓘ
ritual ceremonies ⓘ
usesMaterial clay ⓘ
copper ⓘ
mica ⓘ
shell ⓘ
stone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hopewell tradition → influencedBy → Adena culture ⓘ
Hockhocking Adena Bikeway → namedAfter → Adena culture ⓘ
Woodland period → hasNotableCulture → Adena culture ⓘ
Serpent Mound → cultureAttributedTo → Adena culture ⓘ
Grave Creek Mound → culture → Adena culture ⓘ
Grave Creek Mound → builtBy → Adena people ⓘ
linked to: Adena culture
Grave Creek Mound → category → Adena culture ⓘ
Miamisburg Mound → culture → Adena culture ⓘ
Miamisburg Mound → builtBy → Adena people ⓘ
linked to: Adena culture
Miamisburg Mound → partOf → Adena culture earthworks ⓘ
linked to: Adena culture
South Charleston Mound → associatedWithCulture → Adena culture ⓘ
subject linked to: South Charleston mound
South Charleston Mound → partOf → Adena mound-building tradition ⓘ
subject linked to: South Charleston mound
linked to: Adena culture
South Charleston Mound → estimatedBuilders → Adena people ⓘ
subject linked to: South Charleston mound
linked to: Adena culture
Early Woodland period → hasPart → Adena culture ⓘ
Early Woodland period → associatedWith → Adena mound-building tradition ⓘ
linked to: Adena culture
Criel Mound → culture → Adena culture ⓘ
Criel Mound → creator → Adena people ⓘ
linked to: Adena culture
Criel Mound → partOf → Adena mound-building tradition ⓘ
linked to: Adena culture
Criel Mound → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Adena culture ⓘ
Wolf Plains Group → associatedWith → Adena culture ⓘ
Ross County → isAssociatedWithCulture → Adena culture ⓘ
Scioto River Valley region → timePeriodOfMajorPrehistoricActivity → Adena period ⓘ
linked to: Adena culture
Adena Mound → partOf → Adena culture ⓘ
Adena Mound → culture → Adena culture ⓘ
Adena Mound → typeSiteFor → Adena culture ⓘ
Adena Mound → constructedBy → Adena people ⓘ
linked to: Adena culture