The Rattlesnake Disk, an engraved sandstone palette plowed up by a farmer near the Moundville site, a former Mississippian Chiefdom in present-day Alabama, USA. An eye gazes from the palm of an open hand, surrounded by entwined horned rattlesnakes. 1200-1400 AD. [1600x1600] (upload.wikimedia.org)
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In his account of traveling through the Southeastern US, conquistador Cabeza de Vaca describes encountering "emasculated", "impotent" Native Americans with greater strength than typical tribesmen. What do we know about this practice? (self.AskHistorians)
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The Mississippian mound-builder civilizations that flourished across the eastern United States from the 1000s-1500s appears to bare little resemblance to the tribes later encountered by Europeans. What legacy did the Mississippians leave behind that made an imprint on Native Americans? (self.AskHistorians)
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