Hopewell was associated with the trade routes in southeastern United States to the southeast parts of Lake Ontario. It was a collection of mounds that had artifacts collected together never before in the same burial grounds. So it showed that people worked together and traded goods with each other.

Source: Cordell, L.S. 1997. Archaeology of the Midwest. San Diego: academic Press. Comprehensive review covering prehistoric Midwestern Societies.

Graphic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Hopewell_Anthracite_Furnace.JPG

the Craig mound was created by the Spiro people that lived along the Mississippi river. They created more than just Craig Mound but it gained the most popularity because there was artifacts that most of the time would not remain in tact after burial. Such things like wooden artifacts. The site was sealed off with dirt and then marked with large wooden poles signifying that the artifacts that the site held within.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Complex Societies of North America. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 678-716). London: Thames & Hudson.

These Hohokam Ball courts were important because they represent the northernmost expressions of a distinctive form of public architecture. So it shows the culture and that they held public events and developed a sense of culture within the society.

Source: Fagan, B.M. 2011. The First North Americans. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. An Excellent overview of North American prehistory

Graphic: http://www.philipcoppens.com/wupatki_02.jpg

This evidence that was found shows that there was chocolate consumption in North America prior to contact with Europeans. Also the nearest cocoa plants are found nearly 1500 miles to the south in Mexico. Thus it shows that there was long distance trade linking this area with a much larger geographical and cultural region.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Complex Societies of North America. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 678-716). London: Thames & Hudson.

Source: Townsend, R.F. and sharp, R.V. (eds.). 2004. Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand. New Haven: Yale University press

Graphic: http://www.nps.gov/peco/historyculture/images/Pueblo2.jpg

Crow Creek was an archaeological site because it was the site of a massacre of about 425 people of all ages and genders. it shows conflict of the Native Americans and that there was war between tribes and not all contact was friendly and about trade or communication

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Complex Societies of North America. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 678-716). London: Thames & Hudson.

Graphic: . http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-nativeamerican/SandCreek.jpg

This site used to be a village that was washed out by a mudslide. The village was destroyed but it was covered by feet of mud and debris which conserved the artifacts and preserved them. One of the big parts of this site is that because the whole village washed away it preserved everyday objects and tools so we can see what types of innovations they had and were able to use effectively.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Complex Societies of North America. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 678-716). London: Thames & Hudson.

Graphic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Ozette_village.jpg

The site was used by the vikings as a settlement to try and settle North America. The first iron smelting in North America took place at this site and is shows evidence of a newly sounded civilization but failed once economic incentives died out.

Source: Milner, G.R. 2004. The Moundbuilders. London New York: Thames & Hudson. Overview of eastern woodlands prehistory emphasizing ancient societies in the midwest adn southwest

Graphic: http://needhamhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lamsite1.jpg

In its earliest stages part of the settlement was washed into the river but much of it remained in tact and provides evidence of the hardships that the settlers had to face and the things that they had to face in the early stages in a developing colony

Source: Wood, W.R. (ed.). 1998. Archaeology on the great plains. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas

Snaketown was a prime example of the layout of cities or settlements during this time. Another thing that makes this settlement is that they had an irrigation system that was useful for the inhabitants an their ability to farm the land.

Source: Scarre, C. (2005). Complex Societies of North America. In The human past: World prehistory & the development of human societies (3rd ed., pp. 678-716). London: Thames & Hudson.