Ancient Inhabitant Cultures

Paleo

Time

10,000 BC
8,000 BC

Nomadic
20 50
Culture
people
Warrior Chief
Stone
Pointed Sticks
Technolo
with Covis
gy
Point
Food
Sources
Climate

Large game
Woolly
mammoth
Bison
Ground sloth
Wild berries
nuts

ICE AGE

Archaic

Woodland

8,000 BC
1,000 BC

1,000 BC
1,000 AD

Seasonal
Migrants
Larger groups
Warrior Chief

Religious ceremonies
Live in tribes
Burial Mounds
Effigy Mounds
Seasonal Migrants

Atlatl
Spears
Chipping tools
Simple drills
Horticulture
Clay pots

Fired pottery
for strength
Bow and
Arrow
Small Game
agriculture
Deer

Small Game
Deer
Bear
Wild berries
Fish

Bear
berries
Fish
Nuts
Corn
Squash
Bottle gourd

COOL
WARMER

Mississippi
an
700 AD
1,600 AD

Permenant
Large Villages
Ornamented
Clothes
Priest Chief
Flat Mounds for
religion

Ornate clothing
Farming
Build temple
mounds
Farming
implements
Small
Game
Deer
Bear
Fish, turkey, berans,
maize (corn),
pumpkin, squash,
berries

WARM