Department

Chemistry

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

The Caddo Nation grew out of the Mississippian culture, the mound builders found throughout what is now the American Southeast and into the Midwest. By 2000 BC, the Caddo or their progenitors had moved up the Mississippi River tributaries as moisture drew them westward. They stopped short of the Great Plains and remained in forested areas. They were primarily hunter-gatherers until 500 BC when Mesoamerican horticultural practices allowed them to establish permanent villages. They raised corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, watermelons, sunflowers, and tobacco. They gathered nuts, berries, roots, and seeds. They continued to fish and hunt deer, bear buffalo, and small animals. This paper gives an overview of Caddo Nation practices prior to contact with Europeans with an emphasis on chemical technologies.

Publication Title

Bulletin for the History of Chemistry

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2023 Joe Jeffers, Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, Volume 48, Number 1 (2023), http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/bulletin/index.php

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