1. Native Americans in
South Carolina

2. Artifacts No written records; artifacts are our source of info
Stone, pottery, arrowheads, tools, etc.

3. How Did Early Cultures arrive in SC?
Popular Scientific Theory
Ancestors of Native Americans left Siberia (northeastern Asia) and traveled across the Bering Land Bridge into what is now Alaska
Nomads followed animals into North America
Different cultures developed as groups settled into different areas
South Carolina Coastal Plain and Piedmont

4. SC Native Americans Pre Projectile Point Era
Culture based on hunting mammoth, mastodon, and great bison
Paleo Indian Era
Better tools: made projectile points attached to spears for hunting large animals
Evidence shows they gathered plants for food, but they were NOT farmers

6. SC Native Americans Archaic Indian Era More advanced
Made smaller spear points
Developed mortar
Used bone to make fish hooks
As larger animals disappeared, diet changed to smaller animals, nuts, berries, and fish
More settled and less nomadic
Learned to make pottery to store food and water

7. SC Native Americans Woodland Indian Era Villages appeared
Cultivation of plants began
Agriculture begins to be practiced
Produced smaller sharper spear points
Began to decorate pottery
Mounds built for public buildings, temples, or burials
Protected villages with palisades
Highly organized society