/hohp"wel, -weuhl/ , n.
a city in E Virginia, on the James River. 23,397.
/hohp"wel, -weuhl/ , adj. Archaeol.
of or pertaining to an advanced mound-building and agricultural Amerindian culture 100 B.C.-A.D. 400, centered in Ohio and Illinois and characterized by geometric earthworks, many large conical or dome-shaped burial mounds, corded and stamped pottery, ornamental knives and tobacco pipes, and the extensive trading of raw materials and artifacts.
Also, Hopewellian .
[ after Cloud Hopewell, owner (ca. 1890) of a farm in Ross Co., Ohio, on which tumuli characterizing the culture were excavated ]