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Painting representing a ritual cerimony taking place in a plaza. [|(Lousiana Division of Archeology)] The mound builders are people who built lots of awesome stuff. They can build cool buildings.



This hoe was one of the Mississippian Indians most important uarding tools. It has a smooth polish from long use in sandy soil. (University of Arkansas Website)

==The Mississippians' villages were built in a fairly standard pattern. Ceremonial buildings on large four sided flat-topped mounds faced a plaza. The villagers gathered in the plaza for important events and ceremonies. Archeologists do not know exactly what purpose these buildings fulfilled. The most widely accepted ideas are that they were either religious structures, or the homes of chiefs or other important families. They would have functioned as temple and town hall where religious ceremonies and political meetings were held.==

==|| || || (image) Detail looking down a long, central avenue of homes toward a large central mound. || [|http://www.nps.gov/history/archeology/FEATURE/builder.htm]==
 * || [[image:http://www.nps.gov/archeology/feature/IMAGES/index_image.jpg width="748" height="229" caption="Detail from a painting of a large Mississipian mound."]] ||
 * Detail from a painting of a large Mississipian mound. ||  || [[image:http://www.nps.gov/archeology/IMAGES/SPACER.GIF width="1" height="5" caption="external image SPACER.GIF"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.nps.gov/archeology/IMAGES/SPACER.GIF width="5" height="1" caption="external image SPACER.GIF"]] ||
 * || [[image:http://www.nps.gov/archeology/feature/IMAGES/index_title.gif width="748" height="74" caption="Ancient Architects of the Mississippi"]] ||
 * Ancient Architects of the Mississippi ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.nps.gov/archeology/IMAGES/SPACER.GIF width="5" height="1" caption="external image SPACER.GIF"]]WONDERS OF GEOMETRIC PRECISION, the earthworks of the lower Mississippi were centers of life long before the Europeans arrived in America. As was the river itself. ,[|ture/feature.htm] ||||||||  || [[image:http://www.nps.gov/archeology/IMAGES/SPACER.GIF width="1" height="5" caption="external image SPACER.GIF"]] ||


 * ===Mound builders are very skilled people. They build lots of awesome buildings. In this picture the Mound Builders are working on something. They can make anything.===

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