Small game such as deer, bear, turkey, rabbit, reptiles, fish, berries, nuts and fruit
Large animals such as bison, mammoth, ground sloth and mastodon
Semi-permanent shelters, traveled in small groups called bands or clans
Spears and Atlatl
Grew tobacco to use in ceremonies; built centers of relgious ceremonies; continued practice of burying their dead
Small villages bult from wood and clay mixture called wattle and daub; larger groups called tribes
Little evidence of religion; some body ornaments have been found in some burial pits
Larger villages with more advanced permanent shelters; ceremonial buildings
Spears, grooved axes, pipes and pottery
700 A.D. to 1600 A.D.
1000 B.C. to 1000 A.D.
No fixed shelter; nomadic; pit houses
Bow and arrow, pottery
Crops (maize, beans, pumpkins, squash) grew most of what was eaten
8000 B.C. to 1000 B.C.
Similar to Woodland; stone hoes, copper headdresses
Very little evidence of religion; two bodies found buried with red powder; may suggest belief in afterlife
Small game such as deer, bear, turkey, rabbit, fish, nuts and berries, some crops (squash and sunflowers)
Before 10,000 years ago
Elaborate religious ceremonies; built cone-shaped burial mounds for dead; wore jewelry
