What are facts about Native American mound builders?

Answer 1

-Their mounds were built in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Mississippi river to the Appalachian mts.

-The greatest mounds are in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys

-They built mounds to bury the dead bodies of religious leaders

-the mounds were made of dirt, clay, and stone

Answer 2

what are some intersting facts about mound builders

Answer 3

-While many of them shared common beliefs and practices, they were independent people from all over the Eastern half of the North American continent.

-Mounds, from Mississippian, Caddoan, Adena, Hopewell, etc., are found all the way from Florida to Texas, and from Texas to Minnesota, and from Minnesota to Ontario, and from Ontario to Maryland, and from Maryland all the way back to Florida.

-Natchez people used mounds all the way into the 1700s

-Crops such as corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers were grown in the east by people who utilized mound sites

-Mounds were built in accordance to specific directions

-Eastern Indians not only made incredible earthworks, but they also made, and make, incredible art

-Many people who used mounds worshipped the sun or spirits associated with the sky. People who have claimed to not have used mounds, such as my people the Chickasaw, also worshipped a sky spirit called Aba' Binni'li (the One who sits above)

-Fire was, and still is by stompdancing Indians like the Chickasaw, Muscogee, and Seminole, thought of as the sun's and the creator's presence on earth.