The
Hopewell tradition (also called the
Hopewell culture) describes the common aspects of the
Native American culture that flourished along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern
United States from 200
BC to 500
AD, in the
Middle Woodland period. The Hopewell tradition was not a single
culture or society, but a widely dispersed set of related populations. They were connected by a common network of trade routes, known as the Hopewell Exchange System.