Plaquemine culture

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The Plaquemine culture was a late prehistoric Native American mound-building society of the Lower Mississippi Valley, known for its platform mounds, complex chiefdoms, and distinctive pottery, emerging around A.D. 1200 and overlapping with Mississippian influences.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Plaquemine culture canonical 13
Coles Creek culture 1
Delta culture 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
mound-building culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
associatedWith Natchez people ⓘ
Taensa people ⓘ
Tunica people ⓘ
linked to: Tunica peoples
country United States ⓘ
discoveredBy archaeologists in the Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
endTime circa AD 1700 ⓘ
follows Coles Creek culture ⓘ
linked to: Plaquemine culture
hasCharacteristic complex chiefdoms ⓘ
effigy pottery forms ⓘ
elaborate mortuary practices ⓘ
fortified villages at some sites ⓘ
incised pottery decoration ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
palace or temple structures on mounds ⓘ
platform mounds ⓘ
plaza-centered mound groups ⓘ
ranked social hierarchy ⓘ
shell-tempered pottery ⓘ
hasSite Anna site ⓘ
Emerald Mound ⓘ
Fitzhugh Mounds ⓘ
Foster Mound ⓘ
Grand Village of the Natchez ⓘ
Jaketown site ⓘ
Mazique site ⓘ
Medora site ⓘ
Sims site ⓘ
Winterville site ⓘ
linked to: Winterville Mounds
influencedBy Mississippian culture ⓘ
mainFoodSource beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
wild resources from rivers and forests ⓘ
namedAfter Plaquemine, Louisiana ⓘ
overlapsWith historic period contact with Europeans ⓘ
partOf Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
region Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
religion chiefly ritual centered on platform mounds ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Mississippian culture ⓘ
startTime circa AD 1200 ⓘ
timePeriod Late Prehistoric period in the Southeast ⓘ
Late Woodland–Mississippian transition ⓘ
uses mounds for burials ⓘ
mounds for elite residences ⓘ
mounds for temples ⓘ
plazas for public ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mississippian culture → hasSubtradition → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Mississippi River culture → hasPart → Delta culture ⓘ
linked to: Plaquemine culture
Natchez → archaeologicalCulture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Plaquemine culture → follows → Coles Creek culture ⓘ
linked to: Plaquemine culture
Emerald Mound → associatedWith → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Anna site → culture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Sims site → culture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Medora site → culture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Mazique site → associatedWith → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Mazique site → culture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Jaketown site → culture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Jaketown site → associatedWithCulture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Fitzhugh Mounds → culture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Foster Mound → culture → Plaquemine culture ⓘ
Foster Mound → usedBy → Plaquemine peoples ⓘ
linked to: Plaquemine culture
Mississippian period → hasPart → Plaquemine culture ⓘ