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The Mississippians

QuestionAnswer
The 3 sisters Corn, squash, and beans
Home to Native Americans Okefenokee Swamp
Lived in a Cheifdom
What's a chiefdom A complex, hierarchical society
The two main parts of a cheifdom Elites and Commoners
What's an elite Power holders, leaders
What's a commoner Worker, farmer, builder, laborer
What did they build Large towns
Where did they build Near rivers
Town Layout Central plaza, mounds, residential zones, defense structures
Central Plaza Main social/religious area
Earthen Mounds Used for religious, social, and burial purposes
Residential Zones For families (designed for people to live in)
Defense Structure Palisades, guard towers, moats
Homes Wattles and daub houses (walls built of interwoven sticks and covered with mud or clay)
Economy & Trade Connected by a widespread trade network (raw materials and finished goods (shell beads, pottery with designs and stone tools))
Horticulture Garden preparation and usage which led into large scale agriculture as population grew
Main Crops Maize ((Corn) Dominant Crop) Squash, beans, pumpkins, sunflowers Intermixed fields (Mixing of crops in the same field)
What was grown for rituals Tabacco
Also relied on Hunting & Gathering
Hunting Deer, rabbit, raccoon, turkey, muskrat, beaver
Fishing Fish and Turtles
Gathering Plums, grapes, berries and nuts
Tools Stone tools, bows & arrows, chert knives
Europeans' impact Contact with Hernando de Soto (mid-1500) Many died from diseases which was way deadlier than enslavement and killing
What happened after the impact? They were split into two tribes, the Creek and Cherokee
When was impact? mid-1500
Created by: gunn135h4nn0n
 

 



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