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GEORGIA’S PREHISTORIC PAST PREHISTORY – TIME BEFORE WRITTEN RECORD ARCHAEOLOGISTS

GEORGIA GEOGRAPHY AND THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD. GEORGIA’S PREHISTORIC PAST PREHISTORY – TIME BEFORE WRITTEN RECORD ARCHAEOLOGISTS STUDY ARTIFACTS (OBJECTS MADE BY HUMANS) & ECOFACTS (OBJECTS MADE BY NATURE) TO LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURE (WAY OF LIFE) OF A SOCIETY. FORT MT. GA.

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GEORGIA’S PREHISTORIC PAST PREHISTORY – TIME BEFORE WRITTEN RECORD ARCHAEOLOGISTS

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  1. GEORGIA GEOGRAPHY AND THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD GEORGIA’S PREHISTORIC PAST PREHISTORY – TIME BEFORE WRITTEN RECORD ARCHAEOLOGISTS STUDY ARTIFACTS (OBJECTS MADE BY HUMANS) & ECOFACTS (OBJECTS MADE BY NATURE) TO LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURE (WAY OF LIFE) OF A SOCIETY FORT MT. GA

  2. GEORGIA GEOGRAPHY AND THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD • CLUES FOUND PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT EARLY NATIVE AMERICANS (NOMADS) MIGRATED FROM ASIA (BERING STRAIT) DURING ICE AGE • FOUR PERIODS OF GA’S NATIVE AMERICANS • PALEO (10,000-8,000 BC) • ARCHAIC (8,000-1,000 BC) • WOODLAND (1000 BC-1000 AD) • MISSISSIPPIAN (1000 AD – 1600) BERINGIA

  3. GEORGIA GEOGRAPHY AND THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD • PALEO- INDIAN PERIOD- NOMADIC PALEO(ANCIENT) INDIANS MOVED IN BANDS • HUNTED WILD (mostly big) GAME FOR FOOD,TOOLS/WEAPONS, CLOTHING (HIDES) • GATHERED BERRIES, VEGETABLES • BUILT PITS OR BARK SHELTERS TO PROTECT AGAINST COLD • DEVELOPED ATLATL (SPEAR MADE FROM CLOVIS/ROCK POINTS) FOR HUNTING FROM GREATER DISTANCES & WITH ACCURACY • BELIEVED IN AFTERLIFE AS ARTIFACTS ARE FOUND IN BURIAL GROUNDS ATLATL MASTODON

  4. GEORGIA GEOGRAPHY AND THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD • ARCHAIC INDIANS- TRIBES BEGAN TO ADAPT TO WARMER CLIMATE & DISAPPEARANCE OF BIG GAME • HUNTED (SMALLER ANIMALS), FISHED, GATHERED • GREAT MIDDENS (HEAPS) OF SHELLS FROM SEA ANIMALS FOUND ALONG COAST OF GA – SIGN THAT THEY RETURNED EACH YEAR AS THEY ROAMED • LEARNED HOW TO USE ATLATL TO HUNT MANY TYPES OF ANIMALS FASTER • GAVE MORE TIME TO DEVELOP CLAY POTTERY

  5. GEORGIA GEOGRAPHY AND THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD • WOODLAND INDIANS- BUILT MOUNDS USED FOR BURIAL/CEREMONY – SOME WERE ANIMAL SHAPES CALLED AN EFFIGY • LIVED WELL IN FOREST USING HUNTING TOOLS • DEVELOPED AGRICULTURE BY SAVING SEEDS FROM NUTS/GRAIN WHICH INCREASED FOOD SUPPLY • BEGAN TO SETTLE & BUILT HOUSES, VILLAGES, ENGRAVED POTTERY • BEGAN TRADING ON EASTERN SIDE OF US • EVIDENCE THAT WOODLAND HAD RELIGION ROCK EAGLE

  6. GEORGIA GEOGRAPHY AND THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD • MISSISSIPPIAN PERIOD-DEVELOPED ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER MOVED EAST TO GA • USED GA’S LONG GROWING/HUNTING SEASON , RICH SOIL, & HUNTING GROUND (DEER/TURKEY) • PROTECTED VILLAGES BY USING PALISADE (WALL MADE OF TALL POSTS), MOAT, & HOUSES MADE OF CLAY/WOOD • DEVELOPED BOW& ARROW TO HUNT • TRADED EXTENSIVELY WITH OTHER TRIBES DEVELOPED ART, GAMES, & ADVANCED SYSTEM OF RELIGION/GOVERNMENT • BUILT MOUNDS (ETOWAH, OCMULGEE) ON WHICH TO CONDUCT CEREMONIES FOR RELIGION OR CHIEFS • CULTURE THAT FIRST ENCOUNTERED HERNANDO DE SOTO - CHEROKEE/CREEK TRIBES DESCENDENTS ETOWAH

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