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North America’s Native Civilizations

Comparing Puebloans & Mississippians

Continental Location

Puebloans Mississippians


Puebloan Timeline Mississippian Timeline


Late Woodland Period (500-1000 CE) • Dominant Hunter-Gather lifestyle

Early Mississippian Period (1000-1200 CE) • Maize became a Staple Crop • Increased Sedentary Lifestyle • Rapid Population Increases • Rise of Regional Chieftans

Middle Mississippian Period (1200-1400 CE) • Expansion of Ceremonial Metropolis

• Increased Trade Networks

Late Mississippian Period (1400-1540 CE) • Increasing Warfare among tribes

• Climate Changes & Cultural Collapse

Early Basketmaker Era (1500 BCE-50 CE) • Dominant Hunter-Gather lifestyle

Late Basketmaker Era (50-750 CE) • Maize became a Staple Crop • Began building Pit-Houses

• Pottery & Petroglyph Writing

Early Pueblo Era (750-1150 CE) • Increase Sedentary Lifestyle • Rapid Population Increases • Rise of Adobe Communities • Increased Trade Networks

Late Pueblo Era (1150-1540 CE) • Cliff Dwellings / Great Pueblos

• Increased Tribal Warfare • Resources & Culture Declined



General Characteristics

• Oldest continuous native settlement in North America

• Adoption of Maize/Squash

• Domestication of Animals

• Highly developed Pottery/Art

• Construction of Adobe Structures

• Tightly knit Social Structure

• Elaborate Ceremonial Cycles

• Extensive Trade Networks

• Limited Warfare Skills

• No known System of Writing

• Oldest continuous native settlement East of Mississippi

• Adoption of Maize/Squash

• Domestication of Animals

• Highly developed Pottery/Art

• Construction of Large Earth Mounds

• Stratified Social Structure

• Elaborate Ceremonial Cycles

• Extensive Trade Networks

• Well Developed Warfare Skills

• No known System of Writing



Sedentary Agriculture

• Maize/Squash

• Grown together

• Canyon Valleys or Plateaus

• Maize/Squash

• Grown together

• River Valleys

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Pottery, Baskets, and Art

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Pottery and Art

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Trade Networks

• Chaco Road System

• At least 8 main trade routes

• 30 feet wide roadways

• Covered over 180 miles

• Linked Chaco to other Pueblos

• Mississippi River System

• Linked to at least 8 key Rivers

• Covered thousands of miles

• Linked each Tribal Center

• Connected to Pueblo Trade

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Architecture

• Chaco Canyon (New Mexico) • Cahokia (Illinois)

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Puebloans

Mississippians


Architecture

• Mesa Verde (Colorado)

• Giant Serpent Mound (Ohio)

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Puebloans

Mississippians


Architecture

• Taos Pueblo (New Mexico)

• Moundville (Alabama)

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Architecture & Religion

Ocmulgee (Georgia)

Ceremonial Earthmound

Nambe (N.M.)

Ceremonial Kiva

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Astronomy Puebloans

• Sun Dagger (Chaco, NM)

Mississippians

• Woodhenge (Cahokia, IL)

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Puebloan Petroglyphs Mississippian Tablets


No Writing?

• Newspaper Rock (Petrified Forest, AZ) • Peet Tablet (Cahokia, IL)

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Initial European Contact

Hernando De Soto

Governor of Cuba (1537)

Led Expedition (1539 – 1542)

600 Spaniards, Franciscan Monks, 220 Horse, & 10 Spanish Galleons

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Governor of New Galacia (1537)

Led Expedition (1540 – 1542)

400 Spaniards, 4 Franciscan Monks, 1500 Native Allies, & Several Slaves

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Initial European Contact





Expedition Results

Hernando De Soto

Explored FL, GA, SC, TN, AL, MS, & TX

Made contact with Seminole, Creek, Cherokee, Appalachian, and Choctaw

Died of fever along Mississippi in 1542

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Explored AZ, NM, TX, OK, & KS

Made contact with Zuni, Hopi, and Pueblo Tribes

Failed to find 7 Cities of Cibola



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