Plaquemine culture
Plaquemine culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Woodlands (North America) from c. 1200 to 1700 CE, a span of 500 years. The language of its people is unknown or undeciphered.
A Mississippian culture variant of the Lower Mississippi valley and an outgrowth of the earlier Coles Creek culture. The Natchez and Taensa were its historic descendants, and its sites include Medora, the type site, as well as Anna, Emerald, Holly Bluff and Winterville.
See Plaquemine culture on the interactive timeline
On these timelines: Native American history timeline.
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1200 to 1700 CE
- Duration
- 500 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: Plaquemine culture.
Came from
Became
Events in North America during its time
- The Great Drought
- John Cabot reaches Newfoundland
- De Soto and Coronado expeditions
- Jamestown founded
- Champlain founds Quebec
- Pueblo Revolt
Neighbours in North America
- New France
- Thirteen Colonies
- Norse Greenland
- Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company)
- French Louisiana
- Spanish Florida
- Santa Fe de Nuevo México
- Spanish Texas
- Acadia
- New Netherland
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Khmer Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Questions
When did Plaquemine culture exist?
c. 1200 to 1700 CE, about 500 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Plaquemine culture?
Eastern Woodlands, in North America.
What language did the people of Plaquemine culture speak?
It is unknown. No readable writing records it, so any link to a known language family is a hypothesis.
What came before Plaquemine culture?
Coles Creek culture.
What came after Plaquemine culture?
Natchez.