Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Diet

Organization and Analysis of Results

Bibliographies in Sources

Settlement Patterns

Occupational Specialization

Social Relationships and Groups

Household

Functional Specialization Areas

Flora

Military Installations

Instigation of War

Warfare

Reviews and Critiques

External Trade

Nuclear Family

Extended Families

Taxation and Public Income

Religious and Educational Structures

Miscellaneous Structures

Organized Ceremonial

Comparative Evidence

General Character of Religion

Cosmology

Spirits and Gods

Ceramic Technology

Dwellings

Weapons

Identification

Chronologies and Culture Sequences

Location

Territorial Hierarchy

Moieties

Community Heads

Priesthood

Climate

Collecting

Hunting and Trapping

Fishing

Production and Supply

Status, Role, and Prestige

Classes

Regulation of Marriage

Rules of Descent

Architecture

Housing

Accumulation of Wealth

Topography and Geology

Mineral Resources

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

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Visual Arts

Lithic Industries

General Tools

Utensils

Community Structure

Burial Practices and Funerals

Prayers and Sacrifices

Processing of Basic Materials

Population

Mortality

Preventive Medicine

Ornament

Personal Grooming

Body Alterations

TRADITION SUMMARY: MISSISSIPPIAN

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

REGIONAL SUBTRADITIONS

IMPORTANT SITES

ORIENTATION

ABSOLUTE TIME PERIOD

RELATIVE TIME PERIOD

LOCATION

DIAGNOSTIC MATERIAL ATTRIBUTES

ENVIRONMENT

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

CLIMATE

TOPOGRAPHY

GEOLOGY

BIOTA

SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

HOUSING

POPULATION, HEALTH, AND DISEASE

SUBSISTENCE

WILD FOODS

DOMESTIC FOODS

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

UTENSILS

ORNAMENTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS OR CONTROL OF RESOURCES

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BODY

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The Mississippian tradition is represented by a group of polities that arose in the southeastern United States (particularly in the central and lower Mississippi Valley) after 700 AD, and extended into the early period of European exploration in the region. These polities were ranked or stratified, sedentary, living in large agricultural communities located in major river valleys.  They are particularly noted for their construction of large ceremonial centers containing several rectangular, flat-topped mounds used as bases for temples. Ceramic production is distinct from the earlier Woodland period.

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