Agriculture
More than this many types of potatoes were cultivated in the Andes before the European contact.
What is 3,000?
From A.D. 1200 to its fall in this year, there were thousands of Ancient American sites and major towns.
What is A.D. 1500?
Cahokian religion and spiritual beliefs revolved around these seasonal occurrences.
What are solstices and equinoxes?
Cahokia was populated by this many people over this much distance.
What is 30,000 and 5 square miles?
This mound was a great trading center.
What is Mound 72?
Full agriculture consisted of three stages, concluding with this one.
What is domestication?
This is the bellicose symbol of warfare.
What is the bird man?
These three draft animals were brought over from Europe during the European contact.
What are horses, oxen, and donkeys?
The city of Cahokia was located along a tributary of this river.
What is the Mississippi?
A large communal gaming plaza was above this central platform mound.
What is Monks Mound?
These are the "Three Sisters" of the Eastern Agricultural Complex.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
This Siouan hero is depicted in many different types of artwork.
Who is Red Horn?
These two tools are also known as mortar and pestle.
What a manos and metates?
Forming a nearly perfect circle 80 yards in diameter, this circular structure with 172 postholes was likely used for ceremonial events.
What is Woodhenge?
These were the three types of mounds.
What are conical, platform, and ridge-top?
Due to a herding instinct and pecking order, these animals were easily domesticated.
What are llamas and alpacas?
This artifact symbolized the Upper World, with the cross standing for the four cardinal directions converging on the sun.
What is the marine shell gorget?
Cahokians plastered mud on the inside of their houses for this purpose.
What is insulation?
Circa this year, a wooden stockade, 12 to 15 feet in height, was built around the central 300-acre area of Cahokia to protect the city.
What is A.D. 1100?
Burial 20 contained this elite warrior.
Who is the Eagle Warrior?
This environment of prairie and floodplain cypress forests yields bountiful resources.
What is Bottomland?
This special type of smoking peace pipes was used during ceremonies.
What is a calumet?
These peoples built efficient apartments and irrigated their corn crops.
Who are the Puebloans of Mesa Verde, CO?
Ceremonies and dances that recalled the mythic history of the Cahokian people were held in these large, sunken rooms.
What are kivas?
Many mound ruins can be found along this tributary of the Ohio River.
What is the Scioto River?