Mississippian

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Mississippian

• By Eamon Mott

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Mississippian Location

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

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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.

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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.

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Mississippian Arts

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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Mississippian Government

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

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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.

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Resources

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