Location: Tennessee, USA. Length: 8 min
Located in Memphis, Tennessee, the Chucalissa prehistoric site represents the widespread Mississippian Culture. Founded initially around A.D. 1000, Chucalissa village reached its peak around 1500 with the construction of large platform mounds around a central plaza. Part of a complex society and supported by farming and natural foods, the Native American people of this site traded throughout much of the Midwest and South. Since its rediscovery in 1940, the site has become an education center for the University of Memphis through the C. H. Nash Museum.
Produced in 2009 by the C. H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa and Robert Connolly
Copyright 2009 by the University of Memphis
Web links:
Ancient Architects of the Mississippi (National Park Service)
C. H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa
C. H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa (Facebook page)
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Southeast Archaeological Center (National Park Service) (National Park Service)
Mississippian culture (Wikipedia)