10,000 BC - 7000 BC Paleo-Indian culture of seminomadic hunter-foragers living in open countryside and in natural rock shelters (e.g. Russell Cave in Jackson County and the Stanfield-Worley bluff shelter in Colbert County). 2007 Archives Week Art 2007 Archives Week Art 7000 BC - 1000 BC Archaic Period of Native American hunter-gatherer culture as Indians build temporary dwellings, add shellfish to their diets, and fashion atlatls (spear throwers) to hunt small game. 2007 Archives Week Art 2500 BC - 100 BC Gulf Formational Period of Indian culture with increasing sophistication in ceramic development with tempered pottery. 300 BC - 1000 AD Woodland Period of permanent houses, embellished pottery, bows and arrows, and maize and squash cultivation. 700 AD - 1300 AD Mississippian culture features ceremonial mounds (e.g. Moundville, in Hale County), ornate pottery, and sophisticated agriculture. 2007 Archives Week Art

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