Marksville culture
Marksville culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Woodlands (North America) from 100 BCE to 400 CE, a span of 499 years. The language of its people is unknown or undeciphered.
Culture of the Lower Mississippi valley and the Gulf Coast as far as Mobile Bay, contemporary with the Hopewell cultures of Ohio and Illinois. Burial mounds for high-status people held copper panpipes and other imported goods. It is considered ancestral to the Natchez and Taensa.
See Marksville culture on the interactive timeline
On these timelines: Native American history timeline.
Facts
- Dates
- 100 BCE to 400 CE
- Duration
- 499 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Eastern Woodlands, North America
- Language family
- Unknown or undeciphered
Sources
The dates and description above were checked against Wikipedia: Marksville culture.
Events in North America during its time
- Hopewell exchange network flourishes
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Moche (Mochica)
- Teotihuacan
- Tiwanaku
- Roman Republic
- Parthian Empire
- Sasanian Empire
Questions
When did Marksville culture exist?
100 BCE to 400 CE, about 499 years.
Where was Marksville culture?
Eastern Woodlands, in North America.
What language did the people of Marksville culture speak?
It is unknown. No readable writing records it, so any link to a known language family is a hypothesis.