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The Mississippian Indians
• The Mississippian Indians rose to power around 700 A.D and around 1600 A.D they mysteriously disappeared• During this time they became the
highest prehistoric civilization in GA.
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The Mississippian Indians
• Settlements:– They began living in villages with as many as
several thousand families living in one village.– The villages were built around a temple mound,
which the priest/chief would call home. (Yeah he would live on top of it look on page 80)
• The Mississippian Indians were very religious.
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Look at the houses that are built on top of the mounds.
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Ocmulgee Mounds in Macon
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With each group, the number of people living together increased up to this point during the
Mississippian period.
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The Mississippian Indians
• They were able to grow most of the food that they ate.– They grew maize, beans, pumpkins, and squash.
• The tools that they used became more complex:– They now used tools made out of both
stone and bone.
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Notice the orderly fields and the variety of plants being grown.