Native American Pottery. Image courtesy of KnowItAll.org.
Meet the Native Americans who first called South Carolina home.
Native Americans
- South Carolina: Native Americans
Find tons of information about Native American tribes, places, languages, and more. - The First South Carolinians
Meet the Santee, Catawba, Pee Dee, Edisto, Chicora, and Cherokee Indian tribes. - Native American Tribes of SC
Learn more about Native American tribes in South Carolina. - Topper Site
Learn more about 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. - Story of the Cherokees
Follow the 13,000 year history of the Cherokees. - Cherokee Nation
Learn more about the history of the largest Native American group in the United States.
Archaeology
- Ancient Gardening in South Carolina
What were people planting and eating in South Carolina thousands of years ago? - Primitive Tools
Learn how early people in South Carolina used the materials found in nature to create tools to assist with day-to-day life.
Prehistoric Time Periods
Native American mound from the Mississippian Period near Lake Marion. Image courtesy of Wikipedia user Pollinator.
- 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.
