Look at the top pic..................LA, East Texas............AR.........they border each other......New Orleans.......LA........is on the Mississippi delta.........................to the Gulf of Mexico..........Cuba isn't all that far.....................the East coast of Mexico..............which the port city of Veracruz is at.............trade............the Taino Indian culture................the Indians in Mexico...............those here in what is now the USA...............i bet all had a large trading network..........just like the ones in S. America...........with the Inca road..........

Map of Caddoan Mississippian sites

Mound A at the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site