Fort Ancient is a name for a Native American culture that flourished from Ca.
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11 Facts About Fort Ancient
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The Fort Ancient Culture were most likely the builders of the Great Serpent Mound.
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However, the Fort Ancient Site is thought to have been built by Ohio Hopewellian people.
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The arrangement of buildings in Fort Ancient settlements is thought to have served as a sort of solar calendar, marking the positions of the solstices and other significant dates.
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Only one known Fort Ancient tribe has been verified by name in the historical record—the Mosopelea, presumably of southeast Ohio.
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Fort Ancient culture is divided into four distinct local variations known as foci.
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Fort Ancient settlements lacked Mississippian traits such as political centralization and elite social structures.
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Evidence indicates that Fort Ancient leadership was more like that of the historic Iroquois, where the obligations of generosity left leaders to be buried with no more than others of their age.
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Fort Ancient peoples used a technique known as coiling to make their pottery.
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Fort Ancient peoples made tools from a variety of materials, including stone, bone, horn, shells and antlers; stone tools have been found more frequently than those of other materials.
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People of the Fort Ancient regions were surrounded by other groups, some similar in their lifestyles and some not.
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