The Mississippian Culture

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Which American Indian culture was living in Georgia at the time of European contact? Options: Archaic, Paleo, Mississippian, Woodland

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Mississippian

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Mississippian shelters were one-room houses made from interwoven sticks covered with clay or mud known as

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Wattle and daub

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Mississippian villages were surrounded by

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palisades and guardtowers

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These structures served religious, ceremonial, burial and elite residential purposes. Options: memorials to their gods, bronze statues, earthen mounds, stone pyramids

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earthen mounds

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Tools made of sedimentary rock used by Mississippian Indians for hunting and defense

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Chert

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A term for Mississippian-cultivated corn.

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maize

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The way in which Mississippian society was organized: a powerful chief, a small number of elites and a large number of commoners.

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chiefdom society

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Mississippian villages were usually located near

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rivers