FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Mississippians constructed a large ceremonial complex and town on the Macon Plateau near the Ocmulgee River at present-day Macon, Georgia. They left no written records, but archaeologists excavated an abundant collection of artifacts that help explain the life and culture of this society.
Detailed explanation-2: -Constructed around the year 250 by the ancestors of the Mississippian people called the Hopewell, the Great Circle and Octagon Earthworks most likely served as elaborate ceremonial structures where people gathered for large, seasonal rituals and ancestral rites.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most Mississippian mounds are rectangular, flat-topped earthen platforms upon which temples or residences of chiefs were erected. These buildings were constructed of wooden posts covered with mud plaster and had thatched roofs.
Detailed explanation-4: -From c. 500 B.C. to c. 1650 A.D., the Adena, Hopewell, and Fort Ancient Native American cultures built mounds and enclosures in the Ohio River Valley for burial, religious, and, occasionally, defensive purposes.