Curated OER
National Park Service: Indian Mounds of Mississippi: The Mound Builders
Read about the mounds built in Mississippi by those of the Middle Woodland period and the Mississippian period. Find out the differences between the mounds built in these two time periods and how the different mounds reflected the...
Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeology Magazine Archive: Who Were the Hopewell?
Read this informative article from the Archaelogy Magazine discussing the Hopewell culture, its agriculture and village life, and primarilty the ceremonial earthworks for which the culture is so famous.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Gulf of Mexico Program: Woodland Cultures (2000 Bc to 1,000 Bc)
This site presents information on the three periods of Woodland Culture. It briefly describes how the Woodland culture began as small villages depending on subsistence farming and hunting. Also describes the move to the mound building...