Plaquemine culture
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The Plaquemine culture was a late prehistoric Native American mound-building society of the Lower Mississippi Valley, known for its platform mounds, complex chiefdoms, and distinctive pottery, emerging around A.D. 1200 and overlapping with Mississippian influences.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plaquemine culture canonical | 3 |
| Coles Creek culture | 1 |
| Delta culture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Plaquemine culture Context triple: [Mississippian culture, hasSubtradition, Plaquemine culture]
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Mississippian culture
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization that flourished in the Eastern Woodlands and Southeast of what is now the United States from roughly 800 to 1600 CE, known for its large urban centers, complex chiefdoms, and extensive trade networks.
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Oneota culture
Oneota culture was a late prehistoric Native American tradition of the Upper Midwest, known for its distinctive shell-tempered pottery, large agricultural villages, and connections to ancestral Siouan-speaking peoples.
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Mogollon culture
The Mogollon culture was an ancient Native American civilization of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico known for its distinctive pottery, pit-house villages, and early adoption of agriculture.
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Quapaw tribe
The Quapaw tribe is a Native American people originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys who later settled in what is now Arkansas and are part of the Dhegiha Siouan-speaking groups.
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Plano cultures
Plano cultures were a group of Late Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherer societies in the North American Great Plains, known for their distinctive unfluted projectile points and large-game hunting adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Plaquemine culture Target entity description: The Plaquemine culture was a late prehistoric Native American mound-building society of the Lower Mississippi Valley, known for its platform mounds, complex chiefdoms, and distinctive pottery, emerging around A.D. 1200 and overlapping with Mississippian influences.
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A.
Mississippian culture
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization that flourished in the Eastern Woodlands and Southeast of what is now the United States from roughly 800 to 1600 CE, known for its large urban centers, complex chiefdoms, and extensive trade networks.
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B.
Oneota culture
Oneota culture was a late prehistoric Native American tradition of the Upper Midwest, known for its distinctive shell-tempered pottery, large agricultural villages, and connections to ancestral Siouan-speaking peoples.
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C.
Mogollon culture
The Mogollon culture was an ancient Native American civilization of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico known for its distinctive pottery, pit-house villages, and early adoption of agriculture.
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D.
Quapaw tribe
The Quapaw tribe is a Native American people originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys who later settled in what is now Arkansas and are part of the Dhegiha Siouan-speaking groups.
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E.
Plano cultures
Plano cultures were a group of Late Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherer societies in the North American Great Plains, known for their distinctive unfluted projectile points and large-game hunting adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American culture
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archaeological culture ⓘ mound-building culture ⓘ pre-Columbian culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Natchez people
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Taensa people ⓘ Tunica peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Tunica people
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discoveredBy | archaeologists in the Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ |
| endTime | circa AD 1700 ⓘ |
| follows |
Plaquemine culture
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Coles Creek culture
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| hasCharacteristic |
complex chiefdoms
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effigy pottery forms ⓘ elaborate mortuary practices ⓘ fortified villages at some sites ⓘ incised pottery decoration ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ palace or temple structures on mounds ⓘ platform mounds ⓘ plaza-centered mound groups ⓘ ranked social hierarchy ⓘ shell-tempered pottery ⓘ |
| hasSite |
Anna site
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Emerald Mound ⓘ Fitzhugh Mounds ⓘ Foster Mound ⓘ Grand Village of the Natchez ⓘ Jaketown site ⓘ Mazique site ⓘ Medora site ⓘ Sims site ⓘ Winterville Mounds ⓘ
surface form:
Winterville site
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| influencedBy | Mississippian culture ⓘ |
| mainFoodSource |
beans
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maize ⓘ squash ⓘ wild resources from rivers and forests ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States
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surface form:
Plaquemine, Louisiana
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| overlapsWith | historic period contact with Europeans ⓘ |
| partOf | Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| region |
Lower Mississippi River basin
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surface form:
Lower Mississippi Valley
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| religion | chiefly ritual centered on platform mounds ⓘ |
| sharesBorderWith | Mississippian culture ⓘ |
| startTime | circa AD 1200 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Prehistoric period in the Southeast
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Late Woodland–Mississippian transition ⓘ |
| uses |
mounds for burials
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mounds for elite residences ⓘ mounds for temples ⓘ plazas for public ceremonies ⓘ |
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Subject: Plaquemine culture Description of subject: The Plaquemine culture was a late prehistoric Native American mound-building society of the Lower Mississippi Valley, known for its platform mounds, complex chiefdoms, and distinctive pottery, emerging around A.D. 1200 and overlapping with Mississippian influences.
Referenced by (5)
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