Mississippian Culture
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Illinois
Article abstract: A maize-based economy that dominated the Eastern Woodlands and built its largest city, Cahokia
“Mississippian” describes hundreds of Native American societies that populated the river valleys and the drainage system of the Mississippi River from about 750 to about 1500 c.e., a period of some forty generations. This period is the last prehistoric period in the Eastern Woodlands culture pattern. The Mississippian Culture Complex included six major areas: Oneota, around the Great Lakes; Fort Ancient in present-day Ohio; the Caddoan...
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