Kecoughtan
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Kecoughtan were an Algonquian-speaking Indigenous people who inhabited a village and surrounding area in what is now southeastern Virginia, near the mouth of the James River, prior to and during early English colonization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kecoughtan canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian-speaking people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Anglo–Powhatan Wars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English colonization of Virginia ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Woodland period culture ⓘ |
| displacement | loss of traditional lands ⓘ |
| economy |
gathering wild plants and shellfish
ⓘ
hunting and fishing ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| encountered | English colonists at Jamestown ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Powhatan Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstContactWith | English colonists in 1607 ⓘ |
| governedBy | werowance (local chief) ⓘ |
| housing | wood-and-bark houses (yehakins) ⓘ |
| inhabitedPlace |
Kecoughtan village
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
surrounding area of present-day Hampton, Virginia ⓘ |
| language | Eastern Algonquian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tidewater Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal plain of Virginia ⓘ southeastern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Chesapeake Bay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mouth of the James River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | James River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
dugout canoes
ⓘ
shell and stone tools ⓘ |
| modernLocationCorrespondsTo |
Fort Monroe area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phoebus area of Hampton, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameUsedFor |
Kecoughtan High School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kecoughtan Road in Hampton, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighbors |
Chesapeake people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paspahegh NERFINISHED ⓘ other Powhatan-affiliated groups ⓘ |
| overlord | Powhatan (Wahunsenacawh) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Powhatan paramount chiefdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | coastal riverine community ⓘ |
| religion | Powhatan spiritual beliefs ⓘ |
| subsistence | mixed agriculture and foraging ⓘ |
| successorSettlement |
Elizabeth City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English settlement of Kecoughtan NERFINISHED ⓘ Hampton, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 17th century
ⓘ
pre-contact North America ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.