Activity 4 – Town Creek Indian Mound
25 points
Name: Bryce Ross
Directions: After having read the section titled “Three Complex Societies” and either visiting the Town Creek Indian Mound or viewing its website, http://www.nchistoricsites.org/town/, respond to the following questions. Place your responses on this document under each question. Be sure to keep my questions on here. Your responses should include whole sentences with proper grammar and punctuation.
1. In what town and county is the Town Creek Indian Mound located? (2 pts.)
Town Creek Indian Mound is located near the town of Mount Gilead in Montgomery County.
2. What Native American culture inhabited the area and built the Town Creek Mound? What time period did they inhabit this area? (2 pts.)
Around the 11th century, the Pee Dee culture inhabited Town Creek Mound.
3. Using information you read in the textbook, determine from which larger culture the Town Creek Indians developed. Basically, which culture described in the book do you think the Town Creek culture was related to? Why do you think this? Explain the basic characteristics of this culture. What aspects of this larger cultural tradition can be found in the Town Creek culture? (4 pts.)
Pee Dee culture would be a part of the Mississippian Society. Pee Dee culture is located where the Mississippian Society was located. It also correlates with the same time period as the Mississippian Society. Mississippian Society was a society based on agricultural, trade, and religion. In Town Creek Mound, signs of agricultural, trade, and religion, have been found.
4. What was the largest city of the larger culture described in the book? Describe this city – population, physical characteristics, etc.? (3 pts.)
The largest city in the Mississippian Society was Cahokia. It had a population comparable to many of the Eurasian cities. It was bigger than any Amerind settlement. It has the biggest mound surrounded by