Prehistory: Southeast
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Geography, Archaeology
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: North America
- Date: c. 9500 -c. 1600
Article abstract: The native inhabitants of the Southeast had a long and complex evolution into a number of different types of culture.
The prehistory of the Southeast may be divided into five basic periods: Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Early and Middle Woodland, Mississippian, and Later Woodland Tribal.
The first known inhabitants of the Southeastern region were Clovis culture Paleo-Indians who arrived about 9500 b.c.e. following the herd of mammoths. They were efficient hunters, and by 9000 b.c.e., aided by a warming climate, they had killed all the mammoths....
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