Moorehead Phase
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Moorehead Phase:
- Moorehead Phase (Cahokia): An archaeological phase of the CahokiaCahokiaCahokia Mounds State Historic Site is the area of an ancient indigenous city located in the American Bottom floodplain, between East Saint Louis and Collinsville in south-western Illinois, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. The site included 120 human-built earthwork mounds...
and environs from years 1200 - 1275 CE. - Moorehead Phase of the Laurentian Tradition or the Moorehead burial tradition: The Red Paint PeopleRed Paint PeopleThe Red Paint People are a pre-Columbian culture indigenous to the New England and Atlantic Canada regions of North America. They were named after their burials, which used large quantities of ochre, normally red, to cover both bodies and grave goods...
, who used large quantities of ochre, normally red, to cover both bodies and grave goods, 3000 BCE and 1000 BCE.