The Mississippian Indians rose to power around 700 AD in what is now Georgia and mysteriously disappeared around 1600 AD. During this time period, they developed the most advanced civilization in Georgia, establishing large villages of up to thousands of people organized around a central temple mound where the priest/chief would live. They practiced agriculture, growing crops like maize, beans, pumpkins and squash using increasingly advanced stone and bone tools.

1. The Mississippian Indians
• The Mississippian Indians rose to
power around 700 A.D and around
1600 A.D they mysteriously
disappeared
• During this time they became the
highest prehistoric civilization in GA.

2. The Mississippian Indians
• Settlements:
– They began living in villages with as many as
several thousand families living in one village.
– The villages were built around a temple mound,
which the priest/chief would call home. (Yeah he
would live on top of it look on page 80)
• The Mississippian Indians were very religious.

3. Look at the houses that are built on top of
the mounds.

4. Ocmulgee Mounds in Macon

5. With each group, the number of people living
together increased up to this point during the
Mississippian period.

6. The Mississippian Indians
• They were able to grow most of the food that
they ate.
– They grew maize, beans, pumpkins, and squash.
• The tools that they used became more
complex:
– They now used tools made out of both
stone and bone.

7. Notice the orderly fields and the variety of
plants being grown.