GA’s Prehistoric Indians
Paleo
? – 8,000BC
Food
Sources/
Jobs
Weapons/
Tools/
Utensils
Shelter/
Community
Hunters (large
game)
mammoth,
bison, ground
sloth,
mastodon
Bodies/voices
Large #s
Stone
Spears
(projectile)
Rocks
(scrapers &
knives)
Archaic
8,0001,000BC
Woodland
1,000- 900
AD
Mississippian
900 AD1,600 AD
Hunters (large
game, small
game, reptiles,
deer, turkey,
rabbit,
gathers,
fishing)
Hunters,
fishermen,
gatherers
Farming began
(squash, wild
greens,
sunflowers)
Serious
farmers
(maize/corn,
squash, grew
most of their
food)
Bow and
arrow
Woven mat
Fire
Pottery last
longer with
fire and sand
Tobacco pipe
Bones and
sticks
Digging tools
Several
hundred
families= tribe
Dome huts,
weave sticks
Outer well,
entranceway,
opening at top
Several
thousand
families=
village
Surrounded by
moats and
palisades
(defense)
Spears
Weighted
spears
Grooved ax
Introduces
pottery
Deer antlers
(chopping,
drilling)
Flake knifes
Atatl hook
Fishing hooks
25-50
Seasonal
community
dwellers
Forests, caves, Small groups
outside
joined (2030)= camps
Small trees=
huts
Interesting
Fact
Very few artifacts
Nomadic
Lived @ 30 yrs
(lifespan)
Early Paleo=
ignorant
Ignorance
>progression due
to curosity
Trade among
themselves
Canoes
Beginning of
horticulture and
containment
woven map
Building areas
for religious
and
ceremonies
(burials)
Individual familieseveryone has a job
Utilize all parts of
animal (waste very
little)
Hierarchy of
community/gov’t
Funeral
Hierarchy of gov’t
and society
Tatoos and paint
bodies, head dress,
jewelry
Elaborate religious
ceremonies
Medicine man
Religion plays a
large part
Theme: living for
today, planning for
tomorrow