During the Mississippian period, which began around 700 CE, Creek and Cherokee tribes became prominent. They solved the problem of organizing social groups by developing

Group of answer choices

A.matrilineal tribes, each with a single chief, held smaller family groups, or clans.

B.matrilineal family groups, or clans, each grew and formed competing tribes.

C.patrilineal tribes each controlled many small matrilineal family groups, or clans.

D.patrilineal tribes, each with a single chief, held small family groups, or clans.