1. Inclement Weather Day 1

2. 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).

3. So…what about Georgia specifically?
by about 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

4. Paleo-Indian
( B.C.E.)
Chased large bison to cliff, kill for food
archaelogical sites: Savannah River, Ocmulgee River, & Flint River near Albany
Paleo=Ancient

5. 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

6. 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

7. Mississippian (700 C.E.-1600 C.E.) Highest prehistoric civilization
several thousand families live together
used village system
archaelogical sites: Macon, Etowah, & Early County

8. …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