Mound Builders culture

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:artifactsFound gptkb:ceramics
stone tools
shell beads
copper ornaments
carved pipes
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mississippian_culture
gptkb:Hopewell_tradition
gptkb:Adena_culture
gptkbp:built burial mounds
conical mounds
effigy mounds
platform mounds
temple mounds
gptkbp:debunkedBy gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:declinedAfter gptkb:disease
gptkb:war
environmental changes
European contact
gptkbp:descendedFrom various Native American tribes
gptkbp:firstDescribed European settlers
gptkbp:flourishedDuring gptkb:Pre-Columbian_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mound Builders culture
gptkbp:influenced later Native American societies
gptkbp:influencedBy earlier Archaic cultures
gptkbp:knownFor earthwork mounds
gptkbp:languageFamily varied (no single language)
gptkbp:mainPeriod c. 3500 BCE – 16th century CE
gptkbp:misconception attributed to lost civilizations
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Etowah_Mounds
gptkb:Serpent_Mound
gptkb:Moundville
gptkb:Cahokia
gptkb:Poverty_Point
gptkb:Effigy_Mounds
gptkbp:practicedIn agriculture
trade
ceremonial rituals
gptkbp:region gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:religion mythology
gptkbp:socialStructure complex societies
chiefdoms
gptkbp:studiedBy archaeologists
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Cahokia_Mounds
gptkb:Poverty_Point
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Missouri_Indian_Mound
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8