Appamatuck (Appomattox) Native American people
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The Appamatuck (Appomattox) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American people of what is now Virginia, historically living along the Appomattox River and neighboring Powhatan groups.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Appamatuck | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian-speaking people
ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
European diseases
ⓘ
colonial land dispossession ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Appomattox
|
| conflictWith | English colonists ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culture |
Eastern Woodlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Woodlands culture area
|
| economy | mixed agriculture and foraging ⓘ |
| encountered | English colonists at Jamestown ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Powhatan peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Powhatan Confederacy
|
| ethnicGroupOf | Virginia ⓘ |
| followed | patrilineal kinship patterns typical of Powhatan groups ⓘ |
| food |
beans
ⓘ
fish from the Appomattox River ⓘ game animals such as deer ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| hasHistoricTerritory |
lower Appomattox River basin
ⓘ
south-central Virginia ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | largely dispersed by the 18th century ⓘ |
| housing | wood-framed bark-covered houses (yehakins) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | present-day Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Appomattox River ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
shell-tempered pottery
ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Arrohateck
ⓘ
Monacan ⓘ Powhatan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Powhatan
ⓘ
surface form:
Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom
|
| politicalOrganization | chiefdom ⓘ |
| practiced |
fishing
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| region |
Appomattox River
ⓘ
surface form:
Appomattox River valley
southern part of Powhatan territory ⓘ |
| religion | traditional Algonquian spiritual beliefs ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Virginia Algonquian peoples ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early colonial period
ⓘ
pre-contact era ⓘ |
| used |
bow and arrow
ⓘ
dugout canoes ⓘ shell beads as wampum ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.