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Task Using the information in this PowerPoint about ancient Native American cultures, you will select one of the following activities: create a Rap/Song about all 4 cultures Write a short narrative story about one of the cultures (5 paragraphs).
So…what about Georgia specifically? by about 10000 B.C. the first humans had arrived in GA The four cultural periods of Native American occupation are: 1)Paleo 2) Archaic 3) Woodland 4) Mississippian PAWM
Paleo-Indian (10000-8000 B.C.E.) Chased large bison to cliff, kill for food archaelogical sites: Savannah River, Ocmulgee River, & Flint River near Albany Paleo=Ancient
Archaic (8000-1000 B.C.E.) began use of agriculture archaelogical sites: Stallings Islands, Fayette County, & Coweta County developed first pottery lived together in camps
Woodland (1000 B.C.E.-1000 C.E.) First to use religion in ceremonies first to use bow and arrows first to grow veggies archaelogical sites: Putnam County & Rock Eagle
Mississippian (700 C.E.-1600 C.E.) Highest prehistoric civilization several thousand families live together used village system archaelogical sites: Macon, Etowah, & Early County
…So what happened to the Mississippians? Hernando do Soto met the Mississippian Indians when he came to GA in 1540 Europeans brought diseases & steel weapons, which meant the end of the Mississippian Period The survivors of this period created the current-day tribes of the Creek & the Cherokee