SOUTH CAROLINA INDIANS

THE PALEO PEOPLE

• The Date: 12,000 years ago
• They were Native Americans
• They hunted
• Also gathered plants to help thier diet
• Settled near Clovis, New Mexico

THE ARCHAIC PEOPLE

• Date: 10,000 years ago
• Hunted, fished, and gathered nuts and berries
• Created a tool to help propel spears faster and further
• Settles on rivers/coast in spring/summer and moved upward in autumn
• Followed a less nomadic lifestyle

THE WOODLAND PEOPLE

• Date: 3,000 years ago
• Lived in villages and food options expanded, they began growing crops
• Used pottery to store food and help them become settled
• They traded goods w/ other indian cultures
• Hunters used a new technology called the Bow and Arrow

THE MISSISSIPPIAN PEOPLE

• Date:1150
• Culture began in Illinois near the mississippi river
• Lived in large villages, a sign of thier complex society
• They often had powerful leaders who regulated comunity wealth
• A well known example of Miss. culture was the Kingdom Of Cofitachiqui

EASTERN WOODLAND PEOLE

• Date:
• Lived in valleys near the regions great lakes and rivers
• Were the first natives that were discoved by European Explorers
• Population: 17,000 to 30,000
• They were killed by diseases brought from the newcomerss

Eastern Woodland People:late 1600's

Catawba: They were a very important tribe. Their archenemies were the Iroquoian-speaking... Cherokee:They claimed their home as the northwest portion of South Carolina.
Yamassee: Algonquian-speaking Tribe

The Eastern Woodland groups were all very similar in many ways.