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Mississippian

Mississippian. By: Eamon Mott. Mississippian Location. from the Florida into Oklahoma, northward to Minnesota and eastward to Ohio. Mississippian Agriculture and food.

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Mississippian

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  1. Mississippian By: Eamon Mott

  2. Mississippian Location • from the Florida into Oklahoma, northward to Minnesota and eastward to Ohio.

  3. Mississippian Agriculture and food • Corn was the major plant. It was very productive and very popular among native Americans. It was planted often and also known as maize.

  4. Mississippian Housing • Mississippian buildings ranged in size from family homes, which consisted of a single room 5.5 m (18 ft) long and 3.6 m (11.8 ft) wide. Also when making houses they would have the bottom layer two or three feet below ground.

  5. Mississippian Arts • The Mississippian were great craftsman and made great pottery and pots with there skills. Often designs from animals or living creatures.

  6. Mississippian Technology • They used stones for many things like, arrowheads and knives. They used the bow and arrow to hunt wild animals like, in the plains area buffalo.

  7. Mississippian Environment • Illinois's climate was slightly warmer back then than it was today, (still colder than Aztec and Maya) • A cooler climate resulting in a shorter growing season likely took down the Mississippian in Illinois

  8. Culture, Religion and Beliefs • They prayed to the spirits of the game they hunted for forgiveness for taking their lives. They also believed the world was split into 3 parts, the upper world, the middle world and the underworld. Also hosted ceremonies in honor of there gods having feasts and celebration with costumes and masks.

  9. Mississippian Government • There was a chief or high priest who ruled similar to a king.

  10. Conclusion All the tribes had one big thing in common, they all planted corn and farmed as much as the could. Not as much as hunting though. They also but there were many different things as well, they all had a different sort of leader. Also believed in gods not all of the same ones. But some had there own. In lots of ways the Maya and the Aztec were quite similar, they even had the same currency. The Mississippian Traded items instead of having money.

  11. Resources • http://archaeology.about.com/od/mississippiancivilization/qt/mississippian.htm • http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/pre/htmls/m_environ.html • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_did_the_Mississippians_trade_with#slide=2&article=Who_did_the_Mississippians_trade_with • http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/pre/htmls/m_shelter.html • http://www.efoodsdirect.com/store/index.php/freezedried-corn.html • http://gamblershouse.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/mississippian-houses/ • http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/preeuropeanpeople/earlycultures/miss_tools.html • http://www.penbrandt.com/penbrandtprehistoricartifacts/images/FA706%20(7).jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Fort_Ancient_Monongahela_cultures_HRoe_2010.jpg/250px-Fort_Ancient_Monongahela_cultures_HRoe_2010.jpg • http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/pre/images/MB108_200.jpg • http://www.artoflegendindia.com/images/detailed/paf044_king_seated_throne.jpg#king%20on%20throne%20500x644

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