1 / 21

The Prehistoric Indian Cultures

The Prehistoric Indian Cultures. Essential Question. What were Georgia’s prehistoric Indian civilizations? How did Georgia’s prehistoric Indian live?. Overview.

courtney
Download Presentation

The Prehistoric Indian Cultures

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Prehistoric Indian Cultures

  2. Essential Question What were Georgia’s prehistoric Indian civilizations? How did Georgia’s prehistoric Indian live?

  3. Overview Indians have lived in North America for 15,000 to 20,000 years. From anthropological studies and the examination of artifacts, historians know that there were four prehistoric Indian cultures: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian. They were powerful and responsible caretakers of all that surrounded them.

  4. Paleo Indians • Time Period: Before 10,000 years ago • Lifestyle: Nomadic – followed large herds of animals • Food Sources • Large Animals • Mammoths • Bison • Ground Sloth • Mastodons

  5. Mammoth

  6. Bison

  7. Ground Sloth

  8. Mastodon

  9. Horses and Camels

  10. Paleo Indians: Before 10,000 Years Ago • Weapons, Tools, & Utensils • Clovis Point Spear made of wood

  11. Paleo Indians: Before 10,000 Years Ago • Technology • Developed the Clovis point spear

  12. Archaic Indians: • Time Period: 8000 BC to 1000 BC • Lifestyle: • Lived in small groups • Hunter-gatherers • Moved w/ seasons • Food Sources • Small Game • Reptiles • Fish & Shellfish • Berries • Nuts • Fruits

  13. Archaic Indians: 8000 BC to 1000 BC • Weapons, Tools, & Utensils • Spears, drills • Chipping tools • Bone fish hooks • Grooved Axes w/ wooden handle • Weighted spears w/ hooks

  14. Archaic Indians: 8000 BC to 1000 BC • Technology • Began using stone caves as shelter; stayed in one place longer • Began using stone pottery for cooking • Atl-atl: spear-throwing device • Began horticulture

  15. Woodland Indians: • Time Period: 1000 BC to 1000 AD • Lifestyle: • Mainly hunter-gatherers • Formed tribes • Food Sources • Small Game • Fish • Nuts & Fruits • Squash

  16. Woodland Indians:1000 BC to 1000 AD • Weapons, Tools, & Utensils • Bow & Arrow • Baked Pottery

  17. Woodland Indians:1000 BC to 1000 AD • Technology: • Small villages of Dome-shaped huts with grass roofs • Bow and Arrow • Mounds for dead • Invented farming techniques

  18. Mississippian Indians: • Time Period: • 700 AD to 1600 AD • Lifestyle: • Mainly farmers • hunter-gatherers • Food Sources • Crops such as: • Maize • Beans • Pumpkins • Squash

  19. Mississippian Indians: • Weapons, Tools, & Utensils • Bow and Arrow • Copper Headdresses • Tattoes • Farming tools

  20. Mississippian Indians: • Technology • Larger villages with ceremonial buildings w/ moats, guard towers, and fences • Mounds for worship and burial • Temple Mound period • Improved methods of farming; grew most of their food.

  21. Apply what you have learned… • Think-Pair-Share activity • Using your chart, compare and contrast the 4 Native American time periods.

More Related