Picture of Early Humans Crossing Beringia

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Picture of Early Humans Crossing Beringia

• Was this trip planned, and do you think that they
  had directions to N. America?

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Paleo-Indian

• When did they exist?
• Existed 10,000-8,000 B.C.
• First 2,000 years of Indian life in Southeast.

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Paleo-Indian

• What did they eat?
• Their diet consisted of meat from bison,
  mastadons, and sloths.
• They also ate small game, berries,wild fruit,and
  vegetables.
• Often chased them over cliffs to kill them.

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Paleo-Indian

• Did they have weapons?
• They had several types of weapons. They used
  knives, spears, and axes.
• They would sharpen the spearheads and ax heads
  using rocks.
• Bow and arrow was not yet invented so they had to
  use spears and stab animals.
• The atlatl, a spear throwing device was used for
  accuracy and to throw further.

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Paleo-Indian

• How did they live?
• They were nomadic, traveling from place to place,
  following herds of animals.
• They usually camped out in the open but when it
  was cold they would dig pits or build shelters
  covered with bark, brush, or animal hides.

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Paleo-Indian

• OTHER FACTS
• Lived off the land and relied on nature for
  food, clothes, blankets, tools, shelter, etc.
• Lived in small bands of 20 or so adults and
  children.
• Few lived to be older than 30 or 40.
• Many children died before their first birthday.

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Archaic

• When did they exist?
• Existed 8,000-1,000 B.C.

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Archaic

• What did they eat?
• The Archaic Indians became dependent on a
  combination of hunting, fishing, and gathering.
• Their diet consisted of deer, bear, rabbit,
  squirrels, fish, berries, nuts, wild fruit, and
  veggies.
• They also ate shellfish and oysters.

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Archaic

• Did they have weapons?
• They had a variety of weapons.
• They used an atlatl which was a spear throwing
  device so that they could throw them further and
  more accurately.

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Archaic

• How did they live?
• Archaic Indians were usually on the move.
• They traveled based on the seasons.
• Later on they adjusted and learned to use the
  resources around them.

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Archaic

• OTHER FACTS
• They also hunted bear, fox, raccoon,
  opossum,squirrel, and turkey.
• Learned to burn small areas of forest to improve
  hunting. The plants that grew back attracted
  deer.
• Made clay pottery and decorative items out of
  stone and bone.

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Woodland

• When did they exist?
• Existed 1,000 A.D. -1,000 B.C.

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Woodland

• What did they eat?
• The Woodland Indians were both hunters and
  gatherers.
• Their diet consisted of deer, small game, nuts
  and seeds, squash, and gourds.

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Woodland

• Did they have weapons?
• They had bows and arrows.

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Woodland

• How did they live?
• Woodland Indians lived in sturdy houses in
  villages.
• They stayed in one place for long periods of
  time.

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Woodland

• OTHER FACTS
• Like their Archaic ancestors, Woodland Indians
  were at home in the forest.
• The use of pottery became widespread throughout
  the Southeast during this period.

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Mississippian

• When did they exist?
• Existed 1,000 A.D. -1,600 A.D.

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Mississippian

• What did they eat?
• The Mississippian Indians were hunters and they
  also grew their own vegetables.
• Their diet consisted of deer, turkey and other
  small game, corn, beans, and other vegetables.

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Mississippian

• Did they have weapons?
• They used bows and arrows for hunting and for
  defense.

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Mississippian

• How did they live?
• Mississippian Indians had permanent settlements
  with wattle and daub houses.
• They had elaborate burial mounds with food and
  ceremonial objects buried inside.

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Mississippian

• OTHER FACTS
• The Mississippian Indians preferred living in
  places that offered rich bottomlands by rivers,
  long moist growing seasons, and good deer and
  turkey hunting.
• Wild foods remained important, but they also came
  to rely more on agriculture.
• The Etowah Indian mounds in Cartersville were
  built by the Mississippians.