Fort Ancient culture

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The Fort Ancient culture was a Late Prehistoric Native American society of the Ohio Valley known for its maize-based agriculture, village settlements, and distinctive pottery, often considered related to or influenced by Mississippian cultural traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Prehistoric Native American culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
associatedWith historic Shawnee (debated) ⓘ
linked to: Shawnee

protohistoric Native American groups ⓘ
basedOn maize agriculture ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distinctFrom Mississippian culture ⓘ
followedBy historic Native American tribes in the Ohio Valley ⓘ
hasArtifactType gorgets ⓘ
ground stone tools ⓘ
shell beads ⓘ
stone pipes ⓘ
triangular projectile points ⓘ
hasCharacteristic central plazas in villages ⓘ
circular and oval house patterns ⓘ
communal structures ⓘ
cordmarked pottery ⓘ
distinctive shell-tempered pottery ⓘ
evidence of social stratification debated ⓘ
hunting and gathering supplementing agriculture ⓘ
incised and stamped pottery decoration ⓘ
intensive horticulture ⓘ
palisaded villages ⓘ
semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
stockaded hilltop villages ⓘ
use of bone tools ⓘ
use of shell ornaments ⓘ
use of stone tools ⓘ
village-based settlement pattern ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity exchange of chert and stone materials ⓘ
exchange of marine shell ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
hasSite Bentley site ⓘ
Buffalo site ⓘ
Clover site ⓘ
Fort Ancient Earthworks ⓘ
Fox Farm site ⓘ
Hardin Village site ⓘ
Madisonville site ⓘ
State Line site ⓘ
SunWatch Indian Village ⓘ
hasSubculture Anderson phase ⓘ
Baum phase ⓘ
Feurt phase ⓘ
Madisonville phase ⓘ
Manion phase ⓘ
influencedBy Mississippian culture ⓘ
languageFamily uncertain ⓘ
mainCrop maize ⓘ
otherCrop beans ⓘ
squash ⓘ
sunflower ⓘ
otherFoodSource fish ⓘ
white-tailed deer ⓘ
wild plants ⓘ
overlapsWith Mississippian period ⓘ
partOf Eastern Woodlands cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
practiced bone working ⓘ
burial mounds reuse from earlier cultures ⓘ
flexed and extended burials ⓘ
shell bead production ⓘ
shell-tempered pottery manufacture ⓘ
stone tool knapping ⓘ
village cemeteries ⓘ
precededBy Late Woodland cultures of the Ohio Valley ⓘ
region Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Ohio Valley ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Valley region

West Virginia ⓘ
relatedTo Mississippian cultural traditions ⓘ
religion Eastern Woodlands indigenous belief systems ⓘ
studiedBy archaeologists ⓘ
timePeriod Late Woodland–Mississippian transition ⓘ
circa 1000 CE to 1750 CE ⓘ

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Mississippian culture → hasSubtradition → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Southeastern Woodlands → historicalInhabitants → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Woodland period → hasNotableCulture → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Serpent Mound → cultureAttributedTo → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Manion phase → partOf → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Manion phase → temporalVariantOf → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Manion phase → regionalVariantOf → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Baum phase → partOf → Fort Ancient tradition ⓘ
linked to: Fort Ancient culture
Baum phase → culturalTradition → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Feurt phase → partOf → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
SunWatch Indian Village → associatedWith → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
SunWatch Indian Village → associatedWith → Fort Ancient people ⓘ
linked to: Fort Ancient culture
SunWatch Indian Village → timePeriod → Fort Ancient period ⓘ
linked to: Fort Ancient culture
Madisonville site → associatedWith → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Madisonville site → culture → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
State Line site → culture → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Hardin Village site → culture → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Hardin Village site → associatedPeople → Fort Ancient peoples ⓘ
linked to: Fort Ancient culture
Hardin Village site → partOf → Fort Ancient cultural tradition ⓘ
linked to: Fort Ancient culture
Fox Farm site → associatedWith → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Fox Farm site → culture → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Fox Farm site → temporalAssociation → Fort Ancient period ⓘ
linked to: Fort Ancient culture
Clover site → associatedWith → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Clover site → culture → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Southern Cult → associatedWithCulture → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Mississippian period → hasPart → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ
Paint Creek Valley → hasCulturalAttribution → Fort Ancient culture ⓘ