Mississippian culture
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American culture
→
archaeological culture → mound-building culture → pre-Columbian culture → |
| architecture |
earthen platform mounds
→
plaza-centered towns → wattle-and-daub houses → |
| burialPractice | mound burials → |
| chronologicalPhase |
Early Mississippian
→
Late Mississippian → Middle Mississippian → |
| declineFactors |
European contact
→
epidemic diseases → social upheaval → |
| dominantCrop | maize → |
| endTime | circa 1600 CE → |
| flourishedIn |
Eastern Woodlands
→
Southeastern Woodlands →
surface form: "Southeastern North America"
|
| followedBy | historic period Native American societies → |
| hasCapitalSite |
Cahokia Mounds region
→
surface form: "Cahokia"
|
| hasSubtradition |
Mississippian culture
→
surface form: "Caddoan Mississippian culture"
Fort Ancient culture → Oneota culture → Plaquemine culture → |
| influenced |
Cherokee
→
Choctaw people →
surface form: "Choctaw"
Creek (Muscogee) → Natchez → historic Southeastern tribes → |
| knownFor |
complex chiefdoms
→
extensive trade networks → iconographic art style → large urban centers → maize-based agriculture → platform mounds → shell-tempered pottery → |
| locatedInPresentDay |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| majorSite |
Angel Mounds
→
Cahokia Mounds region →
surface form: "Cahokia"
Emerald Acropolis → Etowah Indian Mounds → Kincaid Mounds → Moundville Archaeological Park →
surface form: "Moundville"
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park →
surface form: "Ocmulgee Mounds"
Parkin site → Shiloh Indian Mounds → Spiro Mounds → Town Creek Indian Mound → Winterville Mounds → |
| otherCrop |
beans
→
squash → |
| politicalStructure | paramount chiefdoms → |
| precededBy | Woodland period cultures → |
| religion |
ancestor veneration
→
southeastern ceremonial complex → |
| socialOrganization | ranked chiefdoms → |
| startTime | circa 800 CE → |
| tradeGoods |
chert tools
→
copper artifacts → marine shell ornaments → mica sheets → |
| tradeNetworkExtent |
Appalachia
→
surface form: "Appalachians to Great Plains"
Great Lakes to Gulf Coast → |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
surface form: "Mississippian peoples"
surface form: "Caddoan Mississippian culture"
surface form: "Mississippian period"
surface form: "Mississippian culture period"