Angel Mounds State Park
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Backstory and Context
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Angel Mounds was a historic metropolis for the Mississippians, a Native American tribe, almost one-thousand years ago. Angel Mounds is located near Evansville, IN on the Ohio River. The location of this metropolis was very important as the water was a source of transportation, food and drink for the Native American tribe. At the peak, this village had close to 1,000 inhabitants. The Mississippian people left the Angel Mounds site long before any Europeans were exploring North America. It is thought that over hunting and drought were the reason for the Mississippian people leaving this site on the Ohio River. After they left, the Shawnee and Miami tribe moved into the land they once used.
Sources
Sherri Lynn Hilgeman (2000). Pottery and Chronology at Angel. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
https://www.indianamuseum.org/angel-mounds-state-historic-site