FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Mississippian
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Archaic
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Paleo
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Woodland
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Detailed explanation-1: -Woodland Indians constructed burial pits out of locally harvested logs. These pits may then have been covered with earth to form a mound.
Detailed explanation-2: -Early archaeologists working to answer the question of who built the mounds attributed them to the Toltecs, Vikings, Welshmen, Hindus, and many others. It seemed that any group-other than the American Indian-could serve as the likely architects of the great earthworks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The woodland tribes that built these mounds are thought to be Siouan origin which was later replaced by Dakota, Winnebago, Menominee, Salk, Fox and other tribes.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -The eight visible mounds of earth in the park were built between 250-950 CE by peoples of the Swift Creek and Weeden Island cultures.