Native Americans

Issaqueena Falls near Walhalla, SC. Read the legend of Issaqueena, an Indian girl who used the waterfall to hide her escape. Image courtesy of flickr user turbojoe.

• South Carolina: Native Americans
  Find tons of information about Native American tribes, places, languages, and more.
• Southeastern North America Prehistory and History
  Explore the prehistory and European exploration and colonization of the Southeastern region.
• Native American Tribes of SC
  Learn more about Native American tribes in South Carolina.
• Topper Site
  Watch videos from the Topper archaeological site where people came thousands of years ago to make weapons and stone tools.

Cherokee

• Cherokee Women
  Learn what the role of women was in the Cherokee Indian tribe.
• Cherokee Foodways in SC
  Find out what Native Americans in South Carolina have eaten throughout their history.
• Cherokee Information Packet
  This Word document is packed full of information about Cherokee life.
• Cherokee Nation
  This map will show you where the Cherokees originally lived.

You can learn to say the numbers 1-10 in Cherokee!

Archaeology

• Ancient Gardening in South Carolina
  What were people planting and eating in South Carolina thousands of years ago?
• Beneath these Waters
  Read about archeological and historical studies of 11,500 years along the Savannah River.
• Prehistoric Communities of the Congaree River Floodplain
  Learn about prehistoric communities that lived along the Congaree River.
• Topper Archaeology Site
  Learn more about the Clovis people and their distinctive stone spear points.

Native American mound from the Mississippian Period near Lake Marion. Image courtesy of Wikipedia user Pollinator. Prehistoric Time Periods

• Time Period Overview
  Find out what each time period was like in South Carolina.

The early history of eastern North America can be divided into 4 time periods, each of which have unique characteristics.

Paleoindian Period (13,000 BC-8,000 BC)

• Paleoindian Period in Georgia
• Paleoindian Period In North Carolina

Archaic Period (8000 BC-1,500 BC)

• Archaic Period in Georgia
• Archaic Period in North Carolina

Woodland Period (1,500 BC-1150 AD)

• The Woodland Period
• Woodland Period in Georgia
• Woodland Period in North Carolina

Mississippian Period (1500 AD-1650 AD)

• Mississippian Period in North Carolina
• Mississippian Period in Georgia
• The Mississippian and Late Prehistoric Period