Early Adena culture lasted from 1000 BC to about AD 500. It featured
circular houses of poles, wickerwork and bark. Around 500 BC, villagers
of the Adena culture in the central Ohio valley revived the Poverty
Point mound building tradition.
The Adenas also built large earthen sculpture. Some works formed large
enclosures shape as circles, squares or pentagons, which probably served
as setting for ritual ceremonies.
The residents were able to live in semi-permanent villages because they
were more than hunters and gatherers. They had domesticated certain
plants - goosefoot, swartweed and sunflowers and they grew squash and
possibly corn.
It is generally accepted that Adena culture became more advance and
eventually a different identity was established. Many Adena lifestyle
trends carried on into the Middle Woodland Period for several
generations.
Adena culture in United States
