The mound, a burial site, was augmented in later years by members of the Hopewell culture.

The Hopewell culture of North America becomes less popular.

Although there are many techniques and methods of pottery production, the method most likely used in the Hopewell culture was the coiled method.

The Hopewell culture used mounds as markers of complex astronomical alignments related to ceremonies.

The park includes archaeological resources of the Hopewell culture.

The copper artifacts came from the Ohio River area through a trade network developed by the Hopewell culture that existed at the time.

There seemed to be indirect trading between the people that lived here and the Hopewell culture.

Believed to have been built by Hopewellian peoples, the mounds are important because they may reveal information about daily life in the Hopewell culture.

The Hopewell culture arrived from the north in west central Ohio and Indiana at least 2000 years ago.

For unknown reasons, the Hopewell culture went into decline around 400 and completely disappeared by 500.