Wich civilization is older, the Ancient Pueblo or the Mound Builders?

Answer 1

Poverty Point in what is now Louisiana is a prominent example of early archaic Mound Builder construction from about 2500 BC. While other and earlier Archaic mound centers existed, Poverty Point remains one of the best recognized centers. Throughout the United States, the Archaic period was followed by the Woodland period, and moundbuilding continued. Some well-understood examples would be the Adena culture of Ohio and nearby states, and the subsequent Hopewell culture known from Illinois to Ohio and renowned for their geometric earthworks. The Adena and Hopewell were not, however, the only mound building peoples during this time period. There were contemporaneous mound building cultures throughout the Eastern United States. Around 900-1000 AD the Mississippian culture developed and spread through the Eastern United States, primarily along the river valleys. The location where the Mississippian culture is first clearly developed is located in Illinois, and is referred to today as Cahokia.


A people rich in culture, the 7,000-year-old Anasazi are the ancestors of today's Pueblo Indians. Their culture arose from even more ancient peoples in what is now the American Southwest. During their long history, the Anasazi evolved from a nomadic to a sedentary culture and existence. At first hunter-gatherers, in time the Anasazi began raising maize and other crops. They also produced skillfully woven baskets. By a.d. 700, the Anasazi were building pueblos, or villages, along with extraordinary pottery marked by elaborate black-on-white designs. Their villages, built at the top of mesas or in hollowed-out natural caves at the base of canyons, included multiple-room dwellings and complex apartment structures of stone or adobe masonry. Despite their successful culture, the Anasazi way of life declined in the 1300s, probably because of drought and intertribal warfare. Today, Pueblo descendants of the Anasazi still live largely traditional lives in the American Southwest, farming the land, weaving baskets, and making pottery.

Answer 2

Mound Builders Civilization

Answer 3

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