Mississippian mound builders

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:activePeriod 800 CE – 1600 CE
gptkbp:built burial mounds
earthworks
platform mounds
gptkbp:collapsed gptkb:disease
social upheaval
European contact
circa 1600 CE
gptkbp:culture gptkb:Hopewell_tradition
gptkb:Adena_culture
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Cherokee
gptkb:river
gptkb:Natchez
gptkb:Southeastern_tribes
gptkb:Caddo
gptkb:Chickasaw
gptkb:Choctaw
gptkbp:economy agriculture-based
trade-based
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans gptkb:Hernando_de_Soto_expedition
1540s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mississippian mound builders
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Siouan_languages
gptkb:Caddoan_languages
various Muskogean languages
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Spiro
gptkb:Kincaid_Mounds
gptkb:Moundville
gptkb:Etowah
gptkb:Angel_Mounds
gptkb:Cahokia
gptkbp:notablePlace copper plates
ceramic effigies
shell gorgets
stone statuary
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Etowah_Mounds
gptkb:Kincaid_Mounds
gptkb:Spiro_Mounds
gptkb:Moundville
gptkb:Angel_Mounds
gptkb:Cahokia
gptkbp:practicedIn maize agriculture
long-distance trade
shell-tempered pottery
chiefdom-based social organization
ritual mound building
gptkbp:region gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkb:Southeastern_United_States
Eastern United States
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Southeastern_Ceremonial_Complex
gptkbp:socialStructure stratified society
chiefdom
gptkbp:style gptkb:Southeastern_Ceremonial_Complex_art
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cahokia_Mounds_complex
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8