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Fort Ancient

Fort Ancient proper noun: a Native American culture that flourished from c. 1000–1750 CE and predominantly inhabited land near the Ohio River valley in the areas of modern-day southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana, and western West Virginia.

Proper noun

Fort Ancient

  1. (historical) A Native American culture that flourished from c. 1000–1750 CE and predominantly inhabited land near the Ohio River valley in the areas of modern-day southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana, and western West Virginia.

Origin of Fort Ancient

Named after the Fort Ancient archeological site in Ohio (which is, however, now thought to have been built by Ohio Hopewellian people and only later occupied by the Fort Ancient culture).

Questions about Fort Ancient

What does Fort Ancient mean?
Fort Ancient means a Native American culture that flourished from c. 1000–1750 CE and predominantly inhabited land near the Ohio River valley in the areas of modern-day southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana, and western West Virginia.
What part of speech is Fort Ancient?
Fort Ancient is a proper noun.

Words near Fort Ancient in the dictionary

  1. forsythiaside
  2. forsythin
  3. forsythoside
  4. forsythosides
  5. fort
  6. Fort Ancient
  7. Fort Archambault
  8. Fort Augustus
  9. Fort Bend County
  10. Fort Benton
  11. Fort Bidwell

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