Our chapter name, Hopewell, is derived from the Hopewell culture or the Hopewell tradition. The term Hopewell describes a broad network of economic, political, and spiritual beliefs and practices among different Native American groups. These Native American cultures flourished in settlements along the rivers and streams from roughly 100 Before Common Era (BCE) to 500 Common Era (CE). The culture is characterized by the construction of enclosures made of earthen walls, often built in geometric patterns and mounds of various shapes. The Hopewell culture is known for a widely dispersed set of populations connected by a common network of trade routes in primarily southern Ohio with groups that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. This network of contacts allowed the Hopewell to amass a collection of materials such as mica, shark’s teeth, obsidian, copper, and marine shells. Within this area, societies exchanged goods and ideas, with the highest amount of activity along waterways, which were the main transportation routes.