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The people of Mesoamerica began farming: maize (or corn), beans, and squash. -
The Woodland period is an archaeological classification of Native American cultures of North America prior to European contact.
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Adena Moundbuilders developed small communities and built large burial mounds. The Adena Moundbuilders lived in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and parts of Pennsylvania and New York. They built burial mounds that are still in existence today.
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Grave Creek mound was created during the Woodland time period (late Adena Period around 1000 BC to about 1 AD). The Mound was built over hundreds of years.
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Mayan Civilization in Mexico and Mesoamerica
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Chichen Itza has tens of buildings, but when people think of this site, they always think of The Castle, The Sacred Cenote, The Great Ball Court, and of course, the Temple of the Warriors. -
The Aztecs built their capital Tenochtitlan. They connected the island to the surrounding land with roads and bridges.
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In 1773, Joseph Tomlinson was the first recorded European to discover its location. -
In 1803, the explorer Merriweather Lewis visited the mound and wrote: “This remarkable mound of [earth] stands on the east bank of the Ohio [river]…this mound gives name to two small creeks called little and big grave creek.”
