I wish the site as it exists today had reconstructed buildings instead of just the mounds themselves. Or an augmented reality app or something, so you could see what it would’ve looked like when you visit IRL.
Between the lack of remaining ruins and the (surely inaccurate, because of the climate) depictions of Mississipians going around in loincloths, the impression you get is way more archaic and primitive than it actually would’ve been. I mean, we’re talking about the North American equivalent of medieval history, here. Some of these towns were bigger than major cities in Europe at the time!
We need more realistic movies and TV shows set in these places. Production costs would be relatively cheap, and they would dramatically affect how people view historical Native cultures.
I’d love to play some sort of open-world RPG game in that setting.
I worry that there isn’t enough information left to recreate their culture with enough historical accuracy, though.
