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1 Paleo (10,000 – 8,000 BC) Housing Food No permanent housing
Lived in groups of 25 – 50 Nomadic Food Followed large game such as mammoth and bison May have chased large animals over cliffs

2 Paleo Tools/Weapons Religious beliefs Other facts Spears
Spear points, knives, scrapers made of stone Religious beliefs No evidence Other facts Paleo means “very old” Paleo artifacts have been found in Ga. along the Savannah, Flint, and Ocmulgee Rivers

3 Archaic (8,000 – 1,000 BC) Housing Food
Small groups joined together to form camps – still moved a lot Lived in permanent villages by the late Archaic period Food Still hunted large game until it became extinct Smaller game – deer, bear, turkey, reptiles Began fishing Gathered nuts, berries Shellfish

4 Archaic (8,000 – 1,000 BC) Tools/Weapons Religious beliefs Other facts
Smaller spear points Invented the atlatl - a bone/wooden device in which a spear was placed Invented choppers, drills, chipping tools Hooks made from bone Invented grooved axe First use of pottery Grinding stones Religious beliefs No evidence Other facts Divided into 3 phases – early, middle, late Evidence of trading with other groups Moved each season Began horticulture – the science of growing plants

5 Woodland (1,000 BC – 1000 AD) Housing Food Tools/weapons Formed tribes
Built dome-shaped huts made from bent trees Food Fish, small game Nuts/berries Grew squash, wild greens and sunflowers Tools/weapons Invented bow and arrow Arrow points made of stone, shark teeth, and antlers Made pottery that would last longer and decorated it

6 Woodland (1,000 BC – 1000 AD) Religious beliefs Other facts
Introduced religious ceremonies Built cone-shaped burial mounds Adorned bodies w/jewelry Buried loved ones with special items Other facts Scientists think this group believed in life after death b/c of burying loved one’s with special items

7 Mississippian (800 – 1,600 AD) Housing Food
Large villages with several thousand families Villages were protected by moats/palisades Had chiefdoms (nations) in which multiple villages were ruled by priest-chief Food Grew most of their own food like corn, beans, pumpkins Grew tobacco for ceremonies

8 Mississippian (800 – 1,600 AD) Tools/Weapons Religious beliefs
Stone/bone hoes Digging sticks Still used other tools already invented Religious beliefs Centers for religious ceremonies Priest-chief – head of village Other facts Most advanced prehistoric civilization Got its name b/c first evidence from this group was found along the Mississippi River AKA Temple Mound period Rotated crops Disappeared around 1600 AD

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