单词 | Hopewell |
释义 | Hopewell /hohp"wel, -weuhl/, n. a city in E Virginia, on the James River. 23,397. /hohp"wel, -weuhl/, adj. Archaeol. of or pertaining to an advanced mound-building and agricultural Amerindian culture 100 B.C.-A.D. 400, centered in Ohio and Illinois and characterized by geometric earthworks, many large conical or dome-shaped burial mounds, corded and stamped pottery, ornamental knives and tobacco pipes, and the extensive trading of raw materials and artifacts. Also, Hopewellian. [after Cloud Hopewell, owner (ca. 1890) of a farm in Ross Co., Ohio, on which tumuli characterizing the culture were excavated] |
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