Native Americans on the Georgia Coast

Native Americans on the Georgia Coast. . Long before Europeans arrived in the New World, the Savannah area was occupied by Native Americans. The earliest Paleoindian groups migrated into coastal Georgia as early as 10,000 B.C. The hunter-gathers took advantage of rich estuarine resources as well as upland plants and animals. During the period identified as Woodland by archaeologists, a more sedentary lifestyle was adopted. Villages became more permanent and crop cultivation contributed to subsistence along with hunting and fishing. When the first Georgia settlers arrived in Savannah in 1733, they encountered members of the Creek tribe living along the river. , Native American Pottery , The Green Corn , Preserving Game through Smoking , , Native American Canoes , Savannah River points , Savannah River points were attached to wooden spears and used to kill game. This style of projectile point is associated with the Late Archaic period, 3,000 to 1,000 B.C. , First Americans Hunting Big Game , The first Native Americans on the Georgia coast were nomadic peoples that hunted large game such as mastodon with spears. , Hunting Smaller Game , Native Americans living along the coast of Georgia and northeast Florida were documented in the 16th century by French artist Jacques le Moyne de Morgues. His illustrations depicted hunting game such as deer and alligator. Bear, bison, rabbit, turkey, squirrel and other animals also supported the rich Native American diet. ,