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  2. Winterville site - Wikipedia

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    An assortment of pottery found at the site, on display at the site museum. The Winterville people made pottery by building up strips of clay, and then smoothing them out, much like other pottery in the Eastern American area where the potter's wheel was unknown. They tempered the pottery with ground mussel shell, grit, grog, and angular bits of ...

  3. Mississippian culture pottery - Wikipedia

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    About 150 whole and restored examples of this style are known. Although most have been found as grave goods, some show the marks of domestic use. The Hemphill style, while similar to engraved pottery from the Tennessee Valley, the Mississippi Valley, and the Gulf Coast, reflects a distinctive local interpretation of S.E.C.C. themes. Five major ...

  4. List of Mississippian sites - Wikipedia

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    A map showing approximate areas of various Mississippian and related cultures (c. 800-1500 CE) This is a list of Mississippian sites. The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, inland-Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 CE to 1500 CE, varying regionally. [1]

  5. Mangum Mound Site - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of the plate found at Mangum. The burial mound was first investigated in 1936 by its owner Spurgeon C. Mangum, a farmer. Mangum found human remains, various pottery fragments belonging to the Plaquemine culture, chunkey stones, and three fragments of a repoussé copper plate with an avian design similar to other plates found throughout the American Midwest and Southeast.

  6. Southeastern Ceremonial Complex - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex and some of its associated sites. Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (formerly Southern Cult, Southern Death Cult or Buzzard Cult [1] [2]), abbreviated S.E.C.C., is the name given by modern scholars to the regional stylistic similarity of artifacts, iconography, ceremonies, and mythology of the Mississippian culture.

  7. Grand Village of the Natchez - Wikipedia

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    Natchez Plaquemine culture pottery from the Grand Village site. During this period, French settlers began to explore the region and establish settlements that gradually encroached on Natchez territory. Though relations were peaceful at first, the French colonists strained the resources the Natchez relied on for survival.

  8. Pisgah phase - Wikipedia

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    The pottery is typified by collared rims and rectilinear, complicated stamp decoration. [12] The designs are similar to northern Iroquois ceramics. The complicated stamping designs were found to be like Etowah of the Piedmont region and Hiwassee Island designs of the Ridge and Valley province. [13] Bolder check stamping became a minority style.

  9. Coles Creek culture - Wikipedia

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    Coles Creek culture is a Late Woodland archaeological culture in the Lower Mississippi valley in the Southeastern Woodlands. It followed the Troyville culture . The period marks a significant change in the cultural history of the area.

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