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Wandering, Foraging, and Farming
For more than 16,000 years, Indians in Virginia transitioned from nomadic bands of hunter gatherers to sedentary farmers.
Indian societies evolved from small bands to larger tribal identities and later chiefdoms. This change resulted from innovations in technology, increasing population, and a warming climate. Spears gave way to atlatls, allowing hunters to kill at a distance. Later, agriculture created a number of stratified societies, with priests conducting religious ceremonies for many occasions, including the planting and harvesting of crops. |