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What was the major reason that the population of the Mississippian Indians began to decrease?

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Climatic and ecological instability in the southeastern United States between AD 1300 and 1400 have been cited as the possible cause for soil depletion, particularly in Tennessee's Little River Valley. Maize agriculture provided an important food source for large Mississippian settlements and populations.

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