Georgia’s Prehistoric Culture Dates Weapons/ Food Dwellings Evidence Tools (Homes) Of Religion What time period did How did they gather How did they organize How advanced was Where did they live this culture exist? food? their beliefs? their technology for and what did society defense and What caused this What did their diet (Rituals, writing, look like? agriculture? culture’s decline? look like? ceremonies, buildings) Huts made with straw and clay: Wattle and 1539-1543:Hernado Daub do Soto expedition Human sacrifice journals Turkey, berries, Fishing spears Large villages called pumpkins, fish, beans, with stone arrow Chiefdoms Symbolic figures – 900 AD 1300 AD: corn (maize), squirrel, heads, hatchets, axe, Stone knife (Chert) rabbits, nuts and stone hoes, stone The is the Spiritual leaders seeds, deer knives, antlers for spiritual leader: 700AD to 1600 AD rakes, bows and headdress lived on Earth mounds with Farming:;horticulture arrows mound smaller temples at the War, disease (small top pox, flu, mumps, and Traded bead, sea measles), some slaves pottery, and feathers
Georgia’s Prehistoric Culture Dates Weapons/ Tools Food Dwellings (Homes) Evidence Of Religion What time period did this culture exist? What caused this culture’s decline? How advanced was their technology for defense and agriculture? How did they gather food? What did their diet look like? Where did they live and what did society look like? How did they organize their beliefs? (Rituals, writing, ceremonies, buildings) 1539-1543:Hernado do Soto expedition journals 900 AD – 1300 AD: Stone knife (Chert) 700AD to 1600 AD War, disease (small pox, flu, mumps, and measles), some slaves Fishing spears with stone arrow heads, hatchets, axe, stone hoes, stone knives, antlers for rakes, bows and arrows Turkey, berries, pumpkins, fish, beans, corn (maize), squirrel, rabbits, nuts and seeds, deer Farming:;horticulture Huts made with straw and clay: Wattle and Daub Large villages called Chiefdoms The is the spiritual leader: headdress lived on mound Traded bead, sea pottery, and feathers Human sacrifice Symbolic figures Spiritual leaders Earth mounds with smaller temples at the top
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