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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Plaquemine culture canonical 3
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 (5)

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