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Nat. Inhab. & Expl.
Ch. 8 - Clairmont Georgia Studies Program
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| artifacts | items such as tools, pottery, remains of structures, and other items that are on or underneath Georgia's soil |
| archeaology | the science of locating and studying artifacts to learn about the lives of early people |
| culture | the beliefs, traditions, and way of life of a group of people |
| nomad | one who moves around from place to place |
| horticulture | cultivation of plants for food on a smaller scale than agriculture |
| palisade | walls made of sharpened poles or logs stuck into the ground standing up |
| slave | a person who was considered the legal property of another person |
| middleman | a merchant who buys and sells goods, for a profit, that others produce |
| immunity | natural resistance to disease |
| expedition | a journey for a specific purpose |
| colony | a geographical area controlled by a distant country. |
| mission | a settlement where priests could live and work in major Indian towns |
| plantation | a large farm |
| backcountry | the land away from the coast |
| Hernando de Soto | Spanish explorer who completed the first major exploration of Georgia in 1540 |
| Stallings Island | One of the best examples of Late Archaic culture just above Augusta in the Savannah River |
| Gaule | What Georgia was known under the Spanish |
| Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in America in 1607 in Va. |
| Carolina | In the 1660's a large land grant south of Virginia - it included what we now call Ga, |
| Paleo-Indian culture | the oldest groups of native Americans in Ga. 11,000 to 8,000 BC - nomadic |
| Archaic Culture | 2nd distinct native culture of Georgia, 8,000 to 1500BC - small groups based around families. |
| Woodland Culture | the Native Americans who lived in Georgia from around 1,000 BC to 1,000 AD - began to settle down - started horticulture. |
| Mississippian Culture | The period of Native Americans which lived from about 800AD - 1600AD - most complex natives, lived in villages. |
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