GA’s Prehistoric Indians
Paleo (Infant)
?-8,000 B.C
Archaic (Toddler)
8,000- 1,000 B.C
Woodland (Teen) Mississippian
1,000 B.C- 900 A.D 900 A.D -1600 A.D
Food Sources/
Jobs
Hunters – large
game
(mammoth,
ground sloth)
Hunters, Fishermen,
Gatherers,
Farmers (squash,
wild greens,
sunflowers)
Serious farmersgrew most of their
food (maize)
Weapons/
Tools/
Utensils
Bodies & Voices
Large #s
Rocks (scrapers &
knife)
Sticks (puncture
&tear)
Spear
Hunters (large game
& small game,
reptiles, turkey,
rabbit)
Fisherman
Gatherers (nuts,
berries)
Spears
Weighted spear
Atlatl hook
Grooved ax
Fishing hook
Flake knife
Deer antlers
(chopping & digging
Introduce pottery
Bow & arrow
Woven mat
Fire
Pottery lasts longer
(fire and sand)
Tobacco pipe
Bones and sticks
used as digging tools
Shelter/
Community
25-50 = community
Outdoors
Seasonal dwellers
Small groups joined
20-30= camps
Huts = small trees
Several hundred
families= tribe
Dome huts- woven,
hide from animals,
mud, leaves,
opening at the top
Several thousand
families = village
surrounded by
moats and palisades
Religious areas
Interesting
Fact
Nomadic
Trade amongst
Very few artifacts
themselves
Lived 30 yrs
(bartering)
Early Paleo- ignorant
Individual families=
everyone
contributes
Utilize all parts of
Beginning of
the animal
horticulture
Hierarchy of
(saving seeds) &
gov’t/community
containment (hole Bury the dead
Tattoos and paint
bodies, jewelry
Elaborate religious
ceremonies
Medicine man
Religion plays a large
part
Theme: living for
today, planning for
tomorrow
in ground)
canoe