The link would be they where all inhabitants of North America and practice the same cultures of mound builders . All three lived along rivers. Their cultures involved the construction of various styles of earthen mounds for burial, residential and ceremonial purposes.

Explain the time lines of these three groups of people ?

Mound People time line was "from roughly 3000 BCE to the 16th century CE"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_builder_%28people%29

Adena culture "existed from 1000 BC to 200 BC" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adena_culture

Hopewell Indians from 200 BCE to 500 CE

What were the anthropological differences?
Adena culture involved shamanic practices.
Hopewell Indians buried their craftwork and artwork with the dead.
While the Adena culture did not bury pottery or their artifacts with the dead
The Hopewell Indians "produced artwork in a greater variety and with more exotic materials than their predecessors the Adena"
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adena_culture#Shamanism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_builder_%28people%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_culture#Politics_and_hierarchy

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