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Mississippian · c. 1,000 – 1,200 CE

Early Mississippian

Cahokia reaches its height in the Stirling phase, with 10,000 to 20,000 people in the city itself and tens of thousands more around it. Shell-tempered pottery spreads with the wider Mississippian way of life.

Date range
1,000 CE – 1,200 CE
Key terms
Cahokia · Monks Mound · Shell temper · Ramey Incised
Terminology used in
Northeast & Great Lakes, Southeast

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