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The Mississippian Presence and Cahokia Interaction at Trempealeau, Wisconsin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William Green  and
Roland L. Rodell
William Green
Affiliation:
Office of the State Archaeologist, The University of Iowa, Eastlawn, Iowa City, IA 52242-1411
Roland L. Rodell
Affiliation:
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601
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Abstract

Red-slipped pottery and a multiterrace platform mound at Trempealeau, Wisconsin, indicate the presence of an early Mississippian outpost in the upper Mississippi Valley ca. A.D. 1000. Trempealeau apparently represents a Mississippian elite site-unit intrusion from the American Bottom, and it probably served as a nodal point of early contact between Cahokia and peoples of the upper Mississippi Valley. By establishing a mound center at Trempealeau, its founders not only secured access to material goods but also facilitated the flow of information from the northern Mississippi Valley to the newly emerged elites in the American Bottom.

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Cerámica con engobe rojo y un terraplén con múltiples plataformas localizadas en Trempealeau, Wisconsin, indican la presencia de un puesto de avanzada de la sociedad representada por el período arqueológico Misisipiano Temprano en la aha cuenca del valle del río Misisipi, hacia 1000 D.C. Trempealeau aparentemente representa una intrusión en esa parte del valle por grupos élites del American Bottom, y probablemente sirvió como lugar nodal en la interacción temprana que se desarrollaba entre Cahokia y las poblaciones indígenas de la alta cuenca del río Misisipi. Al establecer un centro con terraplén en Trempealeau, sus fundadores no sólo aseguraron el acceso a los recursos regionales, pero también facilitaron la transmisión de datos sobre el valle superior del río Misisipi a los grupos élites recién salidos del American Bottom.

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American Antiquity , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 334 - 359
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1994

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