TY - BOOK ID - 77894372 TI - Mound sites of the ancient South PY - 2013 SN - 0820345776 9780820345772 9780820344980 0820344982 PB - Athens, Georgia DB - UniCat KW - Mounds KW - Chiefdoms KW - Mississippian culture KW - Barrows KW - Tumuli KW - Archaeology KW - Landforms KW - Tombs KW - Temple Mound culture KW - Indians of North America KW - Mound-builders KW - Chieftaincies KW - Chieftainships KW - Political anthropology KW - Antiquities KW - Southern States KW - Antiquities. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77894372 AB - From approximately AD 900 to 1600, ancient Mississippian culture dominated today's southeastern United States. These Native American societies, known more popularly as moundbuilders, had populations that numbered in the thousands, produced vast surpluses of food, engaged in longdistance trading, and were ruled by powerful leaders who raised large armies. Mississippian chiefdoms built fortified towns with massive earthen structures used as astrological monuments and burial grounds. The remnants of these cities-scattered throughout the Southeast from Florida north to Wisconsin and as far west as ER -