Middle Mississippian Mississippian culture

a mound diagram of mississippian cultural period showing multiple layers of mound construction, mound structures such temples or mortuaries, ramps log stairs, , prior structures under later layers, multiple terraces, , intrusive burials.



cahokia, largest mississippian culture site



kincaid, showing platform mounds , encircling palisade

the term middle mississippian used describe core of classic mississippian culture area. area covers central mississippi river valley, lower ohio river valley, , of mid-south area, including western , central kentucky, western tennessee, , northern alabama , mississippi. sites in area contain large ceremonial platform mounds, residential complexes , encircled earthen ditches , ramparts or palisades.

middle mississippian cultures, cahokia polity located near east st. louis, illinois, influential on neighboring societies. high status artifacts, including stone statuary , elite pottery associated cahokia, have been found far outside of middle mississippian area. these items, pottery, copied local artists.

cahokia: largest , complex mississippian site , largest pre-columbian settlement north of mexico, cahokia considered have been influential of mississippian culture centers.
angel mounds: chiefdom in southern indiana near evansville. thought archaeologists late mississippian caborn-welborn culture developed angel phase people around 1400 ce , lasted around 1700 ce.
kincaid site: major mississippian mound center in southern illinois across ohio river paducah, kentucky.
moundville: ranked cahokia 1 of 2 important sites @ core of mississippian culture, located near tuscaloosa, alabama.
the parkin site: type site parkin phase , expression of late mississippian culture, believed many archaeologists province of casqui visited hernando de soto in 1542.




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