The Mississippian Indians

• The Mississippian Indians rose to power around 700 A.D and around 1600 A.D they mysteriously disappeared• During this time they became the

highest prehistoric civilization in GA.

The Mississippian Indians

• Settlements:– They began living in villages with as many as

several thousand families living in one village.– The villages were built around a temple mound,

which the priest/chief would call home. (Yeah he would live on top of it look on page 80)

• The Mississippian Indians were very religious.

Look at the houses that are built on top of the mounds.

Ocmulgee Mounds in Macon

With each group, the number of people living together increased up to this point during the

Mississippian period.

The Mississippian Indians

• They were able to grow most of the food that they ate.– They grew maize, beans, pumpkins, and squash.

• The tools that they used became more complex:– They now used tools made out of both

stone and bone.

Notice the orderly fields and the variety of plants being grown.