Graeber / Wengrow 460-1: "Hopewellians produced one of the most sophisticated repertories of imagery in the pre-Columbian Americas [...] Much of the imagery is evocative of shamanic ritual, vision quests, and soul journeys ([with] a particular emphasis on mirrors), [and] also periodic festivals of the dead"
a suggestion that "social influence derived from control over esoteric forms of knowledge" (461)
interesting note on individual expression: "it is difficult to find two figures in Hopewell art--and there are quite a few of them--that have the same hair." The art includes "an endless variety of playful, idiosyncrative styles of haircut, clothing, and ornamentation" (462-3)