| Time period |
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| Shelter/Settlement |
- Chief's village was fairly large -- other villages in the chiefdom nearby
- Capital villages, common villages, seasonal villages
- Some were stockaded and some weren't
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- Villages -- some stockaded, some not
- Villages, farmsteads, hunting camps
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| Food |
- Agriculture
- Hunting and fishing:
- Shellfish, turtles, alligators
- Gathering:
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- Agriculture:
- Hunting and gathering:
- Hickory nuts, deer, bear, raccoon, possum, rabbit, fish, turtle and terrapin, mussel, and turkey
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| Containers/Tools |
- Pottery made with crushed shells and decorated with fabric impressions
- Arrow points, blades, tools for woodworking, and milling stones
- Bone and shell made into hoes, picks, ladles, fish hooks, sewing awls, and punches
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| Culture (including burial practices |
- Algonkian language speakers
- Pipes for smoking
- Bone, shell, pearl, copper jewelry
- Panther mask for ceremonies
- Chiefs -- ruled democratically, controlled larger areas than one village
- Priests -- formal religion
- Burial in ossuaries -- common burials
- Mortuary temples
- A few burial offerings in some burials
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- Iroquoian language speakers
- Same jewelry as Colington
- Ossuaries were for families
- Each tribe controlled its own politics, there were no chiefdoms
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