Unit 1: Geography of Georgia/Georgia’s Beginnings

Unit 1: Geography of

Georgia/Georgia’s Beginnings

Prehistoric Peoples

Lesson 1: Prehistoric Peoples

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:What were the major characteristics

and time periods for the Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian Periods?

Scientist who study artifacts to learn about the

lives of early people

Archeologist

Items such as pottery pieces, weapons, tools,

and jewelry that were made by humans.

Artifact

Group of people who share a common

ancestry, name, and way of living

Tribe

Migration- movement of people from one

place to another. The first people migrated to North America

between 30,000 BC to 10,000 BC

Early Migration

ICE AGE

How did they get there?

For two million years North America was

covered inICE

As a result, a temporary land bridge linking Asia to

North America, was opened.

Paleo Culture

10,000 BC to 8,000 BC

Paleo Time Period

8,000

9,000

10,000

0

Paleo from the Greek work “Very Old”

Also called Stone Age

Paleo Period

Nomadic

Roaming Hunters and Gatherers Temporary Shelters

Dwelling Caves Huts built from trees, mud, stone

Paleo Period-Shelter

Used “atlatl”: stone sling-like implement that

threw darts from a longer distance

Paleo - Tools

Used Clovis Point Spears

Paleo- Tools

Hunted BIG Animals

Mammoths

Ground Sloth

Bison

Average lifespan about 30 years

Paleo Period

Buried with artifacts Covered in red powder

Belief in Afterlife

Mammoth Hunt