Architecture: Southeast

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Article abstract: Wattle and daub structures, chakofas, and chickees were among the dwelling types of the Southeast, but the best-known Southeast constructions were large earthen mounds, some of which can still be seen

Southeastern tribal architecture is distinguished by a tradition of monumental mound building. Southeastern mound construction may have originated with Mexican Indians who moved to this locale to participate in the trade that occurred from the Great Lakes region to Florida. The concentric ridges of shaped soil that define a large central plaza at...

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