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  Hopewell culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Or Hopewell was said to have originated in western Illinois and spread by diffusion - perhaps carried by a religious elite - to southern Ohio.
Hopewell culture is known for their flamboyant burial ceremonialism, diversified material culture, and most importantly, exchange between other communities.
Today, the best-known feature of Hopewell culture is the mounds that they built for religious purposes and/or for burial.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hopewell_culture   (539 words)

  
 Hopewell Soft Red Winter Wheat
Hopewell appears to be extremely uniform and homozygous as observed in the field in 1991 and 1992.
Hopewell appears to be true breeding and very stable in phenotype as evidenced by various agronomic and pathological examinations conducted on the F8 - F11 generations.
Hopewell appears similar to 'Freedom' wheat until maturity when Freedom is described as yellow-chaffed [Y=22.89; x=0.373; y=0.370] In addition, Hopewell's juvenile growth habit is erect while Freedom's is prostrate.
www.oardc.ohio-state.edu /wheatbreeding/HOPEWELL.HTM   (671 words)

  
 Sample from "Mysteries of the Hopewell"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Indeed, the Hopewell were a special people who, to a greater extent than any of the peoples in eastern North America who preceded them, unlocked the secrets of geometry, developed a sophisticated system of measurement, and even came to understand the great cycles of the sun and moon.
The Hopewell were wide-ranging in their contacts, with a resource network that reached for hundreds of miles in all directions--north to Lake Superior, south to the Florida Gulf Coast, east to the Carolinas, and west to the Rocky Mountains.
In the territory that was Hopewell, millions of tons of earth and hundreds of miles of embankments were moved and shaped by generations of people--united across time, in a common goal and a shared vision.
www.uakron.edu /uapress/sample/romasamp.html   (1857 words)

  
 Crumrine - Hopewell Twp.
HOPEWELL, the seventh of the list of original townships of Washington County, formed July 15, 1781, embraced at the time of its erection the territory of the present townships of Hopewell, Independence, Cross Creek, and Jefferson, and part of that of Mount Pleasant.
Robert Caldwell was one of the earliest settlers of Hopewell township.
Hopewell township at its erection in 1781 embraced in addition to its present territory that of the townships of Independence, Cross Creek, and Jefferson, and part of that of Mount Pleasant.
www.chartiers.com /crumrine/twp-hopewell.html   (11572 words)

  
 Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (National Park Service)
The term Hopewell describes a broad network of beliefs and practices among different Native American groups over a large portion of eastern North America.
The culture is characterized by the construction of enclosures made of earthen walls, often built in geometric patterns, and mounds of various shapes.
Visible remnants of Hopewell culture are concentrated in the Scioto River valley near present-day Chillicothe, Ohio.
www.nps.gov /hocu   (218 words)

  
 Hopewell
Hopewell Culture followed directly after the Adena culture and was a continuation of the Adena culture with some elaboration.
The Hopewell culture was able to exert a considerable amount of influence over other cultures in the eastern North America during its high point.
Hopewell pottery also contained larger variety containers which were fired, making them much more durable.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/northamerica/culture/plains/hopewell2.html   (474 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: HOPEWELL, TX
Hopewell is on Jimms Branch a mile south of Farm Road 1869 and 5½ miles west of Liberty Hill in southwestern Williamson County.
A Masonic lodge was organized there in 1863, and Hopewell had a Presbyterian church by 1869, a school by 1878, a post office from 1876 to 1882, and, in the 1880s, a saloon and a general store.
In 1900 Hopewell's fl school was the largest in the county, with two teachers and 140 pupils; its white school had one teacher and thirty-nine pupils.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/HH/hrh55.html   (290 words)

  
 USN Ships--USS Hopewell (DD-681)
Hopewell was a steady participant in Vietnam combat operations between early 1966 and mid-1969, providing gunfire support for troops ashore, conducting supply interdiction patrols, and screening aircraft carriers operating off the Southeast Asian coast.
Hopewell is on the left side of the image, with Porterfield on the right and Agerholm in the center, steaming somewhat ahead of the other two destroyers.
Hopewell is center foreground of the photo, with Passumpsic and USS Robison (DDG-12) in the near background.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/dd681.htm   (1374 words)

  
 VirginiaPreps.com - Hopewell, Too Fast Too Furious For Varina
Hopewell came ready to play, the punt was blocked and Jarret Brown for Hopewell ran it in for a touchdown, extra point was good, Hopewell left Varina stunned with a 7-0 early lead.
Hopewell is able to get two first downs but that is it on their next series, the momentum was clearly in Varina's favor at this point.
Hopewell was 1st & 10 at the 15 yard line and David Hedgepeth was wide open, no one around him as Bujakowski threw r to him and Hopewell took the lead for the first time since the second quarter and it was a 17-14 game.
virginiapreps.rivals.com /content.asp?CID=217698   (1030 words)

  
 Hopewell Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There are many aspects of the Hopewell people that have set them apart from other Native Americans in different areas of the North American continent.
Rather than a single society or people, the Hopewell might best be thought of as a system of interaction among a number of different cultures in the Eastern Woodlands of North America.
Hopewell people lived and farmed along rivers and major waterways.
campus.northpark.edu /history/WebChron/NorthAmerica/Hopewell.html   (419 words)

  
 Hopewell Archeology Newsletter -- Volumn6 Number1
Ohio Hopewell sites are well known for their monumental earthworks, and our current understanding of those places is strongly influenced by the earthen architecture witnessed and recorded by 19th century surveyors and antiquarians.
The Hopewell show us the degree of cultural complexity that can be achieved with the organizational flexibility of tribal societies, without agriculture, food surpluses, and permanent settlements.
Recent investigations of fabrics and yarns from Hopewell Mound sites revealed significant differences between sites and between charred and uncharred material, leading to the conclusion that although cremation rituals and burials may have been culturally dictated over a wide geographic area, the textiles used in these rituals were locally produced by individual crafts-people or groups.
www.cr.nps.gov /mwac/hopewell/v6n1/two.htm   (1418 words)

  
 Hopewell nonprofit therapeutic farm community in Mesopotamia, Ohio
Nestled in 333 acres of serene countryside, Hopewell is a nonprofit therapeutic farm community located in Mesopotamia, Ohio, just east of Cleveland.
Established in 1996, Hopewell is the only working therapeutic farm community in Ohio, and one of a small group in the country dedicated to helping people with mental illness heal.
Hopewell offers adults with mental illness an opportunity to grow in a nurturing, trusting environment where residents learn to live independently as they contribute to the greater community good in a setting where they feel needed.
www.hopewell.cc   (145 words)

  
 2Bangkok.com - The Hopewell Project
OTP has studied the strength of the 500 Hopewell pillars with a 30 million baht study and found that most of Hopewell pillars are good for use for the red line commuter.
Most Hopewell pillars can be used for another 60 years with repair while they can be used for 80-100 years with special care due to the fact that the total strength of the concrete is 500-520 kg/sq-cm--very good for concrete strength.
After that, the focus shifted from "why can't Hopewell finish it" to "what is SRT going to do about the project now?" It also cemented their reputation as a state agency impossible to deal with.
www.2bangkok.com /2bangkok/MassTransit/HopewellMain.shtml   (2376 words)

  
 Hopewell Genealogy
The Hopewell Family of North Carolina, Variously Residing in Buncombe, Craven, Green, Lenoir, and New Hanover Counties; and Portsmouth, Virginia, Being The Descendants of James H. Hopewell of Maryland.
The author is the great-grandson of Egbert Oliver Hopewell, and has been researching the genealogy of the Hopewell family for twenty years.
Several great-grandchildren of James H. Hopewell told the author that their parents had said of their grandfather—“he was a full-blooded Irishman.” Several also told a story that two brothers had emigrated from England, one settling north and one south.
www.hopewell.org /hopewell_genealogy.htm   (2189 words)

  
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Sustainability - Hopewell, New Jersey Facility
BMS donated $30,000 to the Hopewell Valley Fire Commissioners for the purchase of a Fire Education Trailer.
The Hopewell Campus watershed consists of agricultural, forest, open field, wetland, stream, and pond habitats that comprise most of a sub-watershed of the Stony Brook.
The Hopewell facility, in support of Earthday, developed a Wildlife Walk (1.3mb PDF), which is the two-mile walk with six stations describing the natural and developed wildlife habitat at the site.
www.bms.com /ehs/facili/data/hopewe.html   (1293 words)

  
 Hopewell: Woodland Period, Woodland Culture Area of the Eastern US
Great Hopewell Road, by Brad Lepper, is suggested to have connected the Earthworks of Chillicothe with those of Newark.
Some time after the demise of the Hopewell, mounds shaped in the form of birds, animals and reptiles were constructed in parts of the US Midwest.
This has led to the paradigm that the Hopewell earthworks are empty centers for a dispersed population.
www.comp-archaeology.org /USWoodlandHopewell.htm   (1364 words)

  
 Hopewell Baptist Church in Alpharetta, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hopewell Baptist Church would like to be a spiritual beacon to the growing Hopewell community.
Hopewell Baptist Church believes in the complete accuracy of the Bible and we feel the church has a place of service for everyone through its programs and activities.
We are at 15730 Hopewell Road, approximately 2 miles west of Georgia highway 9 and 2 miles east of Georgia highway 372.
members.aol.com /hopebapch/hbc.html   (259 words)

  
 Bristol-Myers Squibb - Newsroom - Other News - Officials Dedicate First Hopewell Leg Of Lawrence Hopewell Trail During ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
HOPEWELL, NEW JERSEY (June 11, 2005) -- Dignitaries, biking and walking enthusiasts gathered here today to officially open part of the Hopewell Township leg of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail, a multipurpose, recreational path running through public and private lands in Lawrence and Hopewell townships.
The idea for the Lawrence Hopewell Trail grew out of a grass-roots commitment to improve the quality of life for all who live or work in the Lawrence and Hopewell areas and was originally proposed by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Lawrence Hopewell Trail Co-Chair Eleanor Horne, who also serves as vice president and corporate secretary for the Educational Testing Service, said the Trail's progress is a tribute to the community volunteers and public officials who have worked diligently to expand recreational opportunities in the region.
www.bms.com /news/other/data/fg_other_news_5664.html   (1051 words)

  
 Hopewell --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
city, administratively independent of, but located in, Prince George county, southeastern Virginia, U.S. Hopewell is an inland port at the confluence of the James and Appomattox rivers, 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Richmond.
The name is derived from the Hopewell farm in Ross county, Ohio, where the first site—centring on a group...
Capable of stirring interest and emotion in readers with natural but well-chosen words, Cynthia Rylant was a prominent author of various forms of literature for children and young adults beginning in the 1980s.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9041018?tocId=9041018   (698 words)

  
 hopewell.tv   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hopewell needs you (yes you) to be a part of our “street team.” Teepee Records will bestow lavish gifts upon anyone who will help promote Hopewell shows.
Hopewell will be trekking around Canada with the the High Dials whom SPIN magazine calls ”..rapturous ‘60s-ish pop rock that nods to the kinks and the zombies.” Shows in Ottowa and Montreal will lead up to our appearance at NXNE.
Hopewell, along with the folks at Tee Pee Records and the Rubric Label Group, are pleased to announce that the long awaited Hopewell and the Birds of Appetite will be released in North America on June 14th 2005.
hopewell.tv /home.php   (1590 words)

  
 Mound Builders in America
When we were in Ohio, we went to Mound City, a group of 23 mounds built by the people of the Hopewell Culture, a group of Native Americans, long ago.
Most of the Hopewell mounds were big and round, but one was shaped like a Twinkie.
The Hopewell people cremated the dead, burned the charnel house, and built a mound over the remains.
www.sover.net /~barback/mounds/mounds.html   (516 words)

  
 Hopewell SERRC Online - A Service of Hopewell Special Education Regional Resource Center
The mission of the Hopewell SERRC is to provide services and resources for students with disabilities to succeed in school.
Hopewell SERRC is located at 5350 West New Market Road, 1 mile west of US 62-West from Hillsboro, Ohio.
The fiscal agent of Hopewell SERRC ensures equal employment and equal education opportunities regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, handicap, sex or age in compliance with state directives and federal recommendations.
hopewellserrc.org   (319 words)

  
 Hopewell Furnace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The impressive blast furnace and 30-foot water wheel, ironmaster's mansion, workers' quarters, a living farm, charcoal maker's hut (otherwise known as a collier's hut), and other structures illustrate the historic infrastructure typical of the charcoal-iron making process.
Instead, they must rely on the park's education programs and their imaginations to understand what life was like at Hopewell.
Hopewell's costumed employees and volunteers more effectively communicate what life was like in this rural industrial community.
www.npca.org /across_the_nation/park_pulse/hopewellfurnace   (525 words)

  
 Hopewell Publications Home
Hopewell Publications, ISBN 0972690689, trade paperback, 400 pgs) Best-selling author explains the correlation between the economy and the planets in a broad sweeping look at economic history and the astrological indicators.
Hopewell Publications, ISBN 193343502X, trade paperback, 250 pgs) Striking it rich is the American dream, but when Jerry Nearing wins millions in the lottery, his troubles have only begun.
Hopewell Publications, ISBN 1933435011, trade paperback, 120 pgs) Eric Hoffer—one of America’s most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer—reveals his early days and life on the road during the Great Depression—a time which served as the breeding ground for his most fertile thoughts.
hopepubs.home.comcast.net /pubbuy.html   (725 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/hopewell
Hopewell have located the spot where the personal and universal intersect, rendering each moment both introspective and transcendental.” April Long, NME “Spearheaded by Jason Russo, Hopewell play that sweet-dream psych-pop, you know the kind that starts off slow and melodic, then gradually builds to something of epic proportions.
The title, Hopewell And The Birds Of Appetite, refers to the turmoil and jealousy that threatened to rend Hopewell asunder.
Along with the Polyphonic Spree, the Lips and Mercury Rev, Hopewell is leading a movement to turn inward and root out cynicism and other diseases of the spirit that used to be considered traditional values of indie rock.
myspace.com /hopewell   (1836 words)

  
 Hopewell (1-400 A.D.) | Special Topics Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Plan of the archaeological site of Hopewell in the Scioto valley of Ohio as it appeared when mapped between 1845 and 1847 by E. Squire and E. Davis.
At Hopewell, known as the North Fork Works in the 1840s, E. Squire and E. Davis recorded a D-shaped earthwork within the Great Enclosure.
Named for Mordecai Hopewell, the farmer upon whose land the site was recognized, it was first mapped in the mid-nineteenth century when more of the ancient constructions were visible than are there today.
www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/hope/hd_hope.htm   (475 words)

  
 Hopewell Research
The monumental architecture of the Hopewell is a mysterious and a remarkable legacy.
But, regardless of where the Hopewell obtained the material with which to build the circle and the octagon, Byers' more extravagant claim that "the Octagon represents the underworld" (1987:332), goes beyond the present limits of our ability to interpret objectively the remains of preliterate societies.
They observed that, in some areas, Hopewell borrow pits had intruded upon midden deposits and that some of this material was incidentally incorporated into the fill of the embankment (1966:12).
www.ohiojunction.net /hopewell/research.html   (5845 words)

  
 Hopewell_Middle_School_homepage
Hopewell has a rich tradition in athletics and takes their Hornet Pride throughout Round Rock.
Athletics class is an opportunity that Hopewell Coaches focus on developing speed, strength, agility and discipline in all manners related to athletics.
The success that we reach during Athletics has allowed Hopewell Athletics to have the winning tradition on the field as well as in the classroom.
209.184.141.5 /Hopewell/Athletics.htm   (231 words)

  
 Hopewell on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hopewell is a deepwater port and an industrial center where chemicals, polyester fibers, and paper products are manufactured.
In 1926, Hopewell absorbed contiguous City Point, General U.S. Grant's base of operations in 1864-65, now part of Petersburg National Battlefield.
The Newark mounds were built 2,000 years ago by the Hopewell Indians.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Hopewell.asp   (347 words)

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