Mississippian

By: Eamon Mott

Mississippian Location

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

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. But the didn’t just farm, they hunted white tailed dear, rabbits and even raccoons. The would fish as well.

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. They didn’t build tee-pees because they usually didn’t move as much, tee-pees could be taken anywhere.

Mississippian Arts

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

Mississippian Technology

• They used stones for many things like, arrowheads and knives. They used the bow and arrow to hunt wild animals like, white tailed dear.

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

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.

Mississippian Government

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

Compare

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. The Mississippian hunted the most. There housing was similar too, they all had houses and none of them built teepees because they didn’t travel as much ,meaning they weren’t hunter gatherers. The Aztec and Maya had the same type of currency, they used cocoa beans.

Contrast

• They were different as well they all had a different sort of leader and there art was very different. The Mississippian usually made pots and pottery, the Maya didn’t do as much pottery they did more drawings like ones on there cave walls. The Aztecs had there emperors, who would wear necklaces and jewelry. They also had a different form of sacrifice, the Maya and Aztec, would sacrifice people. And the Mississippian would sacrifice items they cherished very much.•

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_

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• 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/

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