Archaeologist Brad Lepper Has Hypothesized That the Hopewell

question 47

Multiple Choice

Archaeologist Brad Lepper has hypothesized that the Hopewell:

• A) were influenced by ideas filtering from the Maya area to the south
• B) constructed ceremonial roads connecting some of their most important ceremonial sites
• C) were part of a group of non-Indian settlers to the New World who were wiped out by the ancestors of modern American Indians
• D) built temple mounds as artificial mountains, a tradition traceable to east Asia

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