ASB 223 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Monks Mound, Adena Culture, Pueblo Iii Period
30 Oct 2014
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Archaic period - 8000-1000 bc-ish monumental architecture, poverty point, watson break. Early woodland periods - 1000-200 bc adena culture. Late woodland periods 400ad-800ad maize spreads to area east of mississippi hunted animals. Mound-building cultures built mounds made out of dirt, this included the hopewell. Watson brake archaic mound site that had about 5 pairs of mounds. Poverty point a late archaic site, primarily hunter gatherers. Squire and davis mapped out most of the maps that we have of the mound cultures. Hopewell hopewell mounds are conically shaped and used for burial, made out of dirt. Hopewell interaction sphere huge trade network that extended beyond the hopewell sites, trade items were copper, obsidian, shells. Platform pipe small pipes used for smoking, in the shape of animals. Mississippian culture people who lived in the mississippian river region. The most distinctive thing was there mounds that they built.
