Mississippian
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: North America
- Date: 900-1540
The Mississippian tradition was a widespread cultural phenomenon that affected peoples of the vast Missouri-Mississippi drainage and neighboring regions of the Midwest and southeastern United States between 900 c.e. and the arrival of the first Spanish expedition by Hernando de Soto in 1539-1540. Also known as the “temple mound” period, the Mississippian tradition was characterized by the presence of sedentary, village societies with marked social ranking whose agricultural economies were characterized by a strong reliance on the cultivation of maize and whose technology included...
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