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Ancient Architects of the Mississippi
Article about the earthworks of the Mississippian "moundbuilders."
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Several mounds including Monks Mound, the largest earthen mound in the New World. This web site includes information on the interpretive center, and presents photos, history, and event calendar at this World Heritage site.
Chucalissa Museum
C.H. Nash Archaeological Museum and reconstructed Indian village on a pre-Columbian site in modern-day Tennessee.
Dickson Mounds Museum
Dickson Mounds Museum, a branch of the Illinois State Museum and a National Historic Site, is one of the major on-site archaeological museums in the United States. It offers a unique opportunity to explore the world of the American Indian in an awe inspiring journey through 12,000 years of human experience in the Illinois River Valley.
Mississippian Moundbuilders And Their Artifacts
Image gallery of Mississippian pottery, pipes, jewelry, beads, and other artifacts.
Moundbuilders: North Georgia's Early Inhabita
Brief history of the Mississippian culture and the Etowah Indian Mounds.
Oneota
Massive bibliography of Oneota-related texts and websites.
Southern Cult Iconography Decoded
Presents a theory that total solar eclipse phenomena provides the key to decoding the religious iconography of the Mississippian moundbuilders Native American culture.
The American Bottom Landing Site
This site holds information on the Cahokia site in East St Louis, Illinois, as well as the more recent history of the area.
The American Indian in Tennessee
Traces the last 15,000 years of Native American occupation of Tennessee, using artifacts from the McClung Museum's collections. Includes the Duck River Cache dating from the Late Mississippian period (ca. AD 1450).
The Woodland and Mississippian Traditions
The Logan Museum of Anthropology at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, possesses a diverse collection of artifacts from the Woodland and Mississippian cultures of eastern North America. Not only are all of the major culture areas represented, but also a multitude of vessel forms anddecorative techniques. The collections provide an excellent basis for a survey of the ceramic art of the early inhabitants of southeastern North America before the arrival of the Europeans.
Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site
Archaeology, protohistory, and ceremony in the Pee Dee River Valley of North Carolina.