Mesoamerican

Mississippi Culture

Last Major Prehistoric Cultural Development

700 AD

Mississippi Culture is formed around ____

Emerald Mound

Second largest ceremonial mounds

35ft

in the Emerald Mound, the Flat topped earthen structure is  ____ High

Natchez

Between 1250 and 1600 AD: Natchez People

Political Center, goods

the Emerald Mound is also a place for _____and point of distribution for ____

Cahokia Mounds

Ancient indigenous city of Mesoamerica

Largest

Cahokia Mounds is considered as the ______ Archaeological Site

92ft, 95ft, 836ft

Cahokia Mounds is measured around __ High,___ Long, ___ Feet Wide

Mexico

Cahokia Mounds is also considered the Largest Man-made Earthen Mound North of _____

Poverty Point

Prehistoric Archaeological Site in Louisiana

1650-700 BC

When did the poverty point is created?

500 Arches

Area of the Poverty Point

Indian Mound

Ancient burial site characterized as the largest conical mound

100ft, 877ft

___ Foot High Bluff, Measures __ Feet in Circumference

70ft

The height of Indian Mound

Great Serpent Mound

Large Effigy Mound in the World

1330ft, 3ft

:Great Serpent Mound Length: _____ Height:___

summer solstice

Great Serpent Mound - Head of the serpent: Aligned to _______ sunset

winter solstice

Great Serpent Mound - Coils: Point to the _______ sunrise

Adena Indians

Great Serpent Mound - Coils: Located in ____

800 BC - AD 100

When is did Great Serpent Mound created?

Igloo

 “Eskimo House” it is a blocks of hard snow or ice, sometimes of sod, wood or stone

Plank Houses

Large, usually rectangular houses

Bush Shelter

Temporary native American dwellings. Only used for sleeping in 

Earthen Shelter

Basement-like living spaces dug form the earth, with domed mound built over the top

Pueblo

Communal and Defensive Structure, Built Of Adobe or Stone, Many-storied terraced

Kiva

Large Underground. Used by men for religious ceremonies and councils

Wattle and Daub

Made by weaving river cane, wood, and vine into a frame, then coating with plaster

Chickees

Silt Houses: Thick posts supporting a thatched roof and a flat wooden platform raised several feet off the ground without walls

Grass Houses

Southern Plains by Tribes such as the caddos

Made with wooden frame bent into a beehive shape and thatched with long prairie grass

40 ft tall

Grass houses are measured is more than ______

Tepees

Tent-like American Indian houses used by plains tribes

Cone-Shaped

Teepee: _______ Wooden Frame with a covering of buffalo hide 

12ft

Height of the Teepee

Wigwams

hut or tent with a domed or conical roof made by fastening bark

8-10 ft

Wigwams Height

Longhouses

Similar to wigwams, pole frames elm bark covering. it is much, much larger than wigwams

150 ft, 20 ft, 20 ft

Longhouses are measured around ___ long, ___ wide, and ___ high

Chaco Canyon

A masonry characterized by Pueblo or Communal Dwellings

800 room

How many room per piece does the Chaco Canyon have

Olmecs

There knowns as the Gulf Coast Lowlands and Mother Culture of Civilization

jaguar god

Worship of the _____, characterized by excellent gold stone sculpture, elaborate gold work, and remarkable ceramic

1150-400 BCE

Time period of the Olmecs

Peruvian Civilization

Civilization of the Olmecs

1000-300 BCE

Peruvian Civilization time period

Chavin de Huantar:

Center of the Chavin Culture

10,000

Chavin de Huantar:Elevated ______ in the cordillera blanca of the nwandes

the mochina

forms the Pre-Indian Culture

North coast of Peru

Location of the Mochica

200 BCE - 700 BCE

time period of The Mochica

Huaca Del Sol

Mud-Brick building in the pre-Hispanic new world in the Mochica

temple of the sun

Translated name of Huaca Del Sol

additive

Construction of the temple was _____; new layers of brick were laid directly on the top of the old; hence large quantities of bricks were required for its construction

130 Million Adobe Bricks

How many adobe bricks in the temple of the sun?

Classical Period

Mesoamerican Culture From 00-900 CE. Development of hieroglyphic writing

The Mayans

Past and Present indians of guatemala, belize
Created one of american's greatest civilizations

Sculptured

in the MAYAN Architecture, the facade is ______

Tikal

Largest and Earliest Mayan City

Inca Architecture

South America's First Great Builders

irregularly

in the Inca Architecture, Buildings were ______ shaped stones; which skilled stonemasons ground to fit tighter perfectly

Macho picchu

• Stone Blocks of the stairs linkings its different levels were cut so precisely that no mortar was required

3,150M

• Macho picchu is measured _____ Above Sea Level

Tiahuanaco

Precursors to the inca empire