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title: Mississippian Culture Projectile Points
author: James Blake Wiener
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Mississippian Culture Projectile Points

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Mississippian Culture Projectile Points](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9712.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9712.jpg)

## Image Caption

These stone projectile points date from c. 900-1540 CE and were made by members of the Mississippian [culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/culture/), which flourished in what is now the United States from c. 900-1500 CE. This set of artifacts were curiously uncovered by the U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the U.S. state of Georgia. As a young boy, Jimmy Carter would roam the fields and streams of his family's farm in rural Georgia in search of [Native American](https://www.worldhistory.org/Native_Peoples_of_North_America/) stone tools. Over the years, he became quite an avid amateur archaeologist. Even during his years in the White House (1977-1981 CE), President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, would return to walk the Georgia fields with their family in search of arrowheads and evidence of the original indigenous inhabitants. (Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, Georgia.)

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2018, December 13). Mississippian Culture Projectile Points. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9712/mississippian-culture-projectile-points/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Mississippian Culture Projectile Points." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 13, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9712/mississippian-culture-projectile-points/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Mississippian Culture Projectile Points." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Dec 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9712/mississippian-culture-projectile-points/>.

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