the cultivation of native plants. Hunted deer, elk, black bear, woodchuck, beaver, porcupine, turkey, trumpeter swan, and ruffed grouse. Gathered several edible seed, grasses, and nuts. Cultivated pumpkin, squash, sunflower, and goosefoot. Tools The Adena ground stone tools and axes. Somewhat rougher slab-like stones with chipped edges were probably used as hoes. Bone and antler were used in small tools, but even more prominently in ornamental objects such as beads, combs, and worked animal-jaw gorgets or paraphernalia. Spoons, beads and other implements were made from the marine conch. A few copper axes have been found, but otherwise the metal was hammered into ornamental forms, such as bracelets, rings, beads, and reel-shaped pendants. See also Hopewell tradition Old Copper complex References External links Ohio Memory Ohio Historical Society's Archaeology Page Virtual First Ohioans's webpage on the Adena Introduction to North America's Native People: Adena people Ancient Earthworks of Eastern North America Photo Galleries Formative period in the Americas Archaeological cultures of North America Pre-Columbian cultures Pre-Columbian archaeology Pre-statehood history of Ohio Early Woodland period Prehistoric cultures in Ohio