ˈhōpˌwel adjective
or hope·well·ian (ˈ)hōp|welēən
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: after Cloud Hopewell, 19th century American farmer on whose Ohio farm type stations were found
: of or belonging to the most advanced of the mound-building cultures of No. America centered in the Ohio and Illinois river valleys and characterized by large complex earthworks and burial mounds, artistic excellence in artifacts, and frequent cremation of the dead