The Mound Builders of America

[Debi]

https://www.realclearscience.com/bl...ten_culture_that_built_americas_pyramids.html

Students of history in America are aware of the Ancient Egyptians, the Incas of Peru, and the Aztecs of Mexico, but fewer are familiar with a great civilization that spread across the eastern United States from approximately 800 to 1600 CE. Meet the Mississippians.

Long before European settlers planted the seeds of modern civilization in North America, the Mississippian culture spread from the Florida Panhandle all the way to southern Minnesota. Defining the dozens of discovered settlements are distinct earthwork mounds that resemble pyramids of dirt. Various structures were regularly constructed atop these mounds. Chiefs presided over individual settlements, and were thought to regulate trade, particularly of maize, which archaeologists believe was the primary staple crop

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[T-Bob]

https://www.realclearscience.com/bl...ten_culture_that_built_americas_pyramids.html

Students of history in America are aware of the Ancient Egyptians, the Incas of Peru, and the Aztecs of Mexico, but fewer are familiar with a great civilization that spread across the eastern United States from approximately 800 to 1600 CE. Meet the Mississippians.

Long before European settlers planted the seeds of modern civilization in North America, the Mississippian culture spread from the Florida Panhandle all the way to southern Minnesota. Defining the dozens of discovered settlements are distinct earthwork mounds that resemble pyramids of dirt. Various structures were regularly constructed atop these mounds. Chiefs presided over individual settlements, and were thought to regulate trade, particularly of maize, which archaeologists believe was the primary staple crop

Full story at site

I love working on Mississippian sites. Generally lots of artifacts and features left that tell a story.

 

[T-Bob]

Mississippians were the last of the mound building cultures, although some mounds were constructed into the protohistoric period. However, mounds in North America date to a much earlier time. The first were constructed in the Middle Archaic Period (in Louisiana) are more than 6,000 years old. By the Early Woodland Period (1,000 B.C. - 100 BC), conical burial mounds became fairly common. And by the Late Woodland Period (A.D. 500-1,100) , low-domed burial mounds became very common along the waterways of the midwest.

 

[Lynne]

Mississippians were the last of the mound building cultures, although some mounds were constructed into the protohistoric period. However, mounds in North America date to a much earlier time. The first were constructed in the Middle Archaic Period (in Louisiana) are more than 6,000 years old. By the Early Woodland Period (1,000 B.C. - 100 BC), conical burial mounds became fairly common. And by the Late Woodland Period (A.D. 500-1,100) , low-domed burial mounds became very common along the waterways of the midwest.

Bob we’re these Native American tribes (Indians )?

 

[T-Bob]

Bob we’re these Native American tribes (Indians )?

Yes, they were Native American groups ancestral to the tribes we know of today.

 

[Lynne]

Yes, they were Native American groups ancestral to the tribes we know of today.

Thanks, you are so handy to have here.