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The Mississippian (/ ˌ m ɪ s ɪ ˈ s ɪ p i. ə n / MISS-iss-IP-ee-ən), [5] also known as Lower Carboniferous or Early Carboniferous, is a subperiod in the geologic timescale or a subsystem of the geologic record. It is the earlier of two subperiods of the Carboniferous period lasting from roughly 358.9 to 323.2
The Mississippian period is the chronological stage, while Mississippian culture refers to the cultural similarities that characterize this society. The Early Mississippian period (c. 1000 –1200) had just transitioned from the Late Woodland period way of life (500–1000).
The site is the largest and most intact Late Mississippian Nodena phase village site within the Central Mississippi Valley. [22] Emerald Mound and Village Site: Illinois A Middle Mississippian period archaeological site located near Lebanon, Illinois. The platform mound is the second-largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in Illinois, after Monk's ...
Late Woodland Period 500–1000 Baytown culture: 300–700 CE Plum Bayou culture: 400–900 CE Troyville culture: 300–700 CE Coles Creek culture: 700 – 1100 CE Mississippian culture 900–1500 (ending with European contact) Early Mississippian culture: 1000 – 1200 CE Middle Mississippian culture: 1200 – 1400 CE Late Mississippian ...
The chiefdoms of this period collapsed about 1450, possibly because of drought, and a new group emerged to characterize the Late Mississippian period from 1475 to 1600, by which time a European presence in the United States had begun to impact the Mississippian peoples. The period between first contact of the traditional chiefdoms with the ...
A map showing the extent of the Coles Creek cultural period and some important sites. Coles Creek culture is a Late Woodland archaeological culture in the Lower Mississippi valley in the Southeastern Woodlands. It followed the Troyville culture. The period marks a significant change in the cultural history of the area.
A historic period Late Plaquemine/protohistoric period site located in the present town of Natchez, Mississippi, one of the very few mound culture sites still in use during the historic period. Holly Bluff site: A Plaquemine/Mississippian site from central western Mississippi, sometimes known as the Lake George Site.
Late Mississippian culture — period of the later Mississippian culture in pre-Columbian southeastern North America, with sites in the present day Eastern United ...