The Early Mississippian (also known as the Lower Mississippian) is the first of three subepochs of the Mississippianepoch of the Carboniferousperiod. It spans the time between 359.2 ± 2.5 Ma and 345.3 ± 2.1 Ma (million years ago). It has one faunal stage, the Tournaisian. A division of geologic time less than a period and greater than an age. ... This article is about the geologic period; for the North American culture, see Mississippian culture. ... The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth. ... The Carboniferous is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359. ... The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth. ... Annum is a Latin term meaning year. ... Faunal stages are a subdivision of geologic time used primarily by paleontologists who study fossils rather than by geologists who study rock formations. ... The Tournasian Age is one of the three ages in the Mississippian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. ...
It was believed that the Natchez chief, probably like most Mississippian chiefs, could influence the supernatural world and therefore had the ability to ensure that important events like the rising of the sun, spring rains, and the fall harvest came on time.
The MississippianPeriod in Georgia was brought to an end by the increasing European presence in the Southeast.
European diseases introduced by early explorers and colonists devastated native populations in some areas, and the desire for European goods and the trade in native slaves and, later, deerskins caused whole social groups to relocate closer to or farther from European settlements.
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 900 to 1500 A.D., varying a bit regionally.
The Mississippian way of life began to develop around 900 A.D. in the Mississippi River Valley (for which it is named).
EarlyMississippian cultures are those which had just made the transition from the Late Woodland period way of life (500-1000 A.D.).
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