Native Peoples Of Florida

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Hunter-gatherers arrived in Florida close to 12,000 years ago when the Florida land mass was much larger and drier. Meage fauna and mammoths were hunted in great herds and grains, nuts, and berries were gathered during seasonal roving.

Spears were used to hunt and leather bags were used to cook what was captured, using hot stones. You may know these early tribes as the Paleo-Indians. Close to 8000 years later, the ice caps started to melt and Florida became what it is today.

(thanks Lauren)