From about 7,500 to 1000
B.C.E. the ways
of the people adjusted as the
climate warmed and landscape changed. The mix of trees in the
forest
became much more like that which we see today. There were fewer spruce
and hemlock and more maple, hickory, oak and other deciduous species.
The
people living here had available a greater assortment of seeds and
berries.
They also found hazel nuts, acorns, hickory nuts, black walnuts and
other
nuts. Improved tools like fishhooks, fishing
baskets, nets,
spear throwers (atlatl), gave them an even larger variety of foods.
As time passed the groups grew, complex societies resulted as more
permanent villages were established.. There is evidence that
trade
took place over wide areas. The purpose the earthen mounds
that
they
built not far from here is still uncertain.
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