| CULTURE(S) |
DATES |
CULTURE PERIOD(S) |
NOTES |
| Clovis |
9500-9000 B.C. |
Early Paleo-Indian |
--first bands arrive in state |
| Cumberland |
9000-8500 B.C. |
Middle Paleo-Indian |
|
| Dalton |
8500-7900 B.C. |
Late Paleo-Indian |
--end of Ice Age |
| Big Sandy |
7900-7500 B.C. |
Early Archaic |
|
| Kirk/Palmer |
7500-6800 B.C. |
Early Archaic |
|
| Bifurcate (LeCroy, etc.) |
6800-6000 B.C. |
Early Archaic |
|
| Kirk/Stanley |
6000-5500 B.C. |
Middle Archaic |
--"spear-thrower"
(atlatl) weights |
| Morrow Mountain |
5500-4000 B.C. |
Middle Archaic |
--expedient, informal stone
tool technology |
| Benton/Halifax/Guilford |
4000-3000 B.C. |
Middle Archaic |
|
| Savannah River |
3000-2500 B.C. |
Late Archaic |
--soapstone boiling-stones,
grooved axes, lithic trade |
| Otarre/Gary/etc. |
2500-1500 B.C. |
Late Archaic/Early Woodland |
|
| Stallings Island |
1500-700 B.C. |
Late Archaic/Early Woodland |
--fiber-tempered pottery,
soapstone vessels |
| Kellog |
700-200 B.C. |
Early/Middle Woodland |
--grit-tempered pottery |
| Cartersville |
200 B.C.-A.D. 500 |
Middle Woodland |
--Hopewell ceremonialism and
trade, rock mounds |
| Swift Creek/Napier |
A.D. 500-750 |
Late Woodland |
|
| Woodstock |
A.D. 750-1000 |
Late Woodland/Early
Mississippi |
--bow-and-arrow, stockades and
other fortifications |
| Etowah |
A.D. 1000-1200 |
Early Mississippi |
--rise of Mississippian
chiefdoms |
| Savannah/Wilbanks |
A.D. 1200-1350 |
Middle Mississippi |
--peak of Etowah site as
political center |
| Lamar |
A.D. 1350-1600 |
Late Mississippi/ Early
Historic |
--paramount chiefdom of Coosa,
DeSoto (1540) |
| ? |
A.D. 1600-1776 |
Middle Historic |
--regional abandonment by
Muskogee populations |
| Historic Cherokee |
A.D. 1776-1838 |
Late Historic |
--Cherokee immigration |
