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What Were the Geometric Earthworks of the Ohio Valley? - The Hopewell Interaction Sphere Explained | Sleepy Facts About History
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When we hear about ancient monumental construction, we usually assume it required a centralized authority, a state apparatus, or at least a standing army. The Hopewell phenomenon in ancient North America challenges that assumption directly. Spanning from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast and from the Appalachians to the Rocky Mountains, this was a continental network of autonomous Indigenous communities connected not by emperors or commerce, but by ceremony, craft, and shared practice…
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