| 3000 BP - 5000 BP | ||
| Lake Michigan | Hopewellian | Old Copper |
The Hopewellian Phase is known as part of the Woodland Pattern or Culture. Some of the more well known sites in relation to the Hopewellian Phase are found in Howard Lake, at the Harvey Rock Shelter on the St. Croix River in Stillwater and the Tudahl Rock Shelter in the Root River Valley.
Site are labelled as Hopewellian based on the pottery found in the remains. Hopewellian pottery decoration consisted of dentate stamping and incised lines in alternate area designs, crosshatched rims and rows of bosses (beads or nodes) often with single, large punctated between the bosses. Artifacts found at these sites include platform pipes, copper breastplates and copper-sheathed gorgets and ear spools.
Hopewellian burials found, to date, have been multiple, secondary burials in which no grave goods have been found.
Wilford, Lloyd A. A Revised Classification of the Prehistoric Cultures of Minnesota. American Antiquity, 1955.