Mississippian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the state of Mississippi or the Mississippi River.
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Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from about 345 million to 310 million years ago and characterized as the age of amphibians.
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Mississippi.
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Geology. the Mississippian Period or System: the former is sometimes considered an epoch of the Carboniferous Period.
adjective
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of or relating to the state of Mississippi or the Mississippi River
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(in North America) of, denoting, or formed in the lower of two subdivisions of the Carboniferous period, which lasted for 30 million years See also Pennsylvanian
noun
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an inhabitant or native of the state of Mississippi
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the Mississippian period or rock system equivalent to the lower Carboniferous of Europe
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The fifth period of the Paleozoic Era, from about 360 to 320 million years ago. During this time shallow seas spread over former land areas and the first primitive conifers appeared.
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See Chart at geologic time
Etymology
Origin of Mississippian
An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; Mississippi + -an
Example Sentences
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"But up in the Tallahassee Hills, where the nearest massive Mississippian mound center is located, it's common in all vessels. It's the plain-Jane tempering technique there."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Although the surrounding clay in the vessels came from Tampa Bay, some of the crushed material mixed into it appears to have originated farther north in the Mississippian heartland.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those manufacturing details offered researchers a way to distinguish genuine Mississippian traditions from local copies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
For decades, however, maps of the Mississippian world generally left out peninsular Florida.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
After corn’s arrival in the eastern United States, seven centuries more passed before the development of a corn variety productive in North American climates triggered the Mississippian emergence.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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