🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Aztalan State Park
Mississippian 1000–1250 CE · Mississippian (Cahokian)
Northernmost Mississippian walled town 1000–1250 CE.
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🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1000–1250 CE · Mississippian (Cahokian)
Northernmost Mississippian walled town 1000–1250 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Emergent Mississippian to Stirling phase · Mississippian (Illinoian)
Largest Mississippian centre (650–1400 CE) with 120 mounds including Monks Mound (30 m, 1000x700 ft base, largest earthen platform north of Mexico).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Late Mississippian (Medley–Dorena phases) · Mississippian (Bootheel)
Fortified Late Mississippian center (1000–1350 CE) with 7 mounds and bastioned palisade on Bootheel terrace.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian (Thruston phase 1000–1370 CE) · Mississippian (Middle Cumberland – Thruston)
Mississippian mound-and-village on Mansker Creek near Nashville: platform mound 6 m high (50×35 m) rebuilt four times, truncating earlier Woodland component; village 4 ha with 300+ stone-box graves,…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Aztalan — Northwest Platform Mound (Jefferson) in Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Aztalan, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumu…
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Mississippian (Early–Middle, Dallas) · Mississippian (Western Tennessee)
Largest western TN Mississippian: 7 mounds, 10-m platform and plaza on Obion River (1000–1300 CE).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Caddoan Mississippian 800–1300 CE (Early Caddo) · Caddoan (Hasinai)
Southernmost Caddoan Mississippian center with three mounds, plaza and El Camino trace.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Wall-Cairn Standing Stones in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) megalithic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Pyramid of Town Forge in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) pyramid attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Submerged site
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Sunken City off Cist Northfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) submerged city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hydraulic works
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Reservoir of Broch Fen in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Hillfort
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Park Hillfort in Fezzan, Libya is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hillfort attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇮🇳 India · Fortress
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Fortress of Midfield Henge in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) fortress attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Hillfort
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Red-Grey Hill Fort in Fezzan, Libya is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hillfort attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Fort Walton Mississippian 1050–1500 CE · Fort Walton (Apalachee) Mississippian
Mississippian chiefdom capital on Lake Jackson with 11 m platform mound and famed repoussé copper plates.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hillfort
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Nahal Well Hillfort in Fars Province, Iran is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hillfort attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tumulus
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Convent Burial Mound in Petén, Guatemala is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1000–1450 CE · Mississippian (Angel phase)
42 ha Mississippian walled town 1000–1450 CE.