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The tradition known as Adena extends from 2600 to 1900 BP. It is found in the central Ohio River valley and adjacent regions of the United States. Adena was a mortuary cult involving several interacting groups that shared mortuary practices and ceremonies. They kept their mortuary mounds and residential camps separate. They were small, mobile social hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists. Although the mounds seem to indicate some status differences may have existed, the residential sites indicate they were egalitarian.

Living on the edge

The essential features of Adena ritual and their implications

Adena ritual spaces

Mounds for the dead

Food of the Adena people

The ceramic affiliations of the Ohio Valley Adena culture

Tradition summary

Adena mortuary patterns and ritual cycles in the upper Scioto River Valley, Ohio

Author	Title	Publication Date
Carskadden, Jeff	Living on the edge	1997
Clay, R. Berle	The essential features of Adena ritual and their implications	1998
Clay, R. Berle	Adena ritual spaces	1986
Dragoo, Don W.	Mounds for the dead	1963
Goslin, Robert M.	Food of the Adena people	1973
Griffin, James B.	The ceramic affiliations of the Ohio Valley Adena culture	1974
Hays, Christopher T. (Christopher Tinsley)	Tradition summary	2006
Hays, Christopher T. (Christopher Tinsley)	Adena mortuary patterns and ritual cycles in the upper Scioto River Valley, Ohio	2005
Snow, Charles E. (Charles Ernest)	Adena portraiture	1973
Webb, William S. (William Snyder)	The Adena people	1974
Webb, William SWebb, William S. (William Snyder), nyder	The Adena people, no. 2	1973

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