Question
Around 1135 CE, this city built its first palisade around the Grand Plaza, but it remains unclear why it was abandoned by 1300 CE. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this religious center near what is now St. Louis. This city was the largest center of Mississippian culture before its 13th century decline.
ANSWER: Cahokia
[10h] The linked culture of the Mississippian peoples is known by this three-word term, encompassing a shared cosmology and artistic motifs across large areas of the modern U.S.
ANSWER: Southeastern Ceremonial Complex [or SECC; accept Southern Cult]
[10m] The Caddoan site of Spiro in this modern state contained many SECC artifacts in Craig Mound. Present-day Caddo people are primarily based in this state, as are the Pawnee and Kiowa.
ANSWER: Oklahoma
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
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| What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU | Cornell B- | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |