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Projectile points, awls, pottery and other items like those unearthed recently by the Herring Run Archaeology Project have not been found in the city for a very long time.

Indigenous American peoples - Prehistoric Cultures, Tribes, Artifacts: Parts of South America supported permanent settlements; especially in the highlands, many of these communities raised cotton, tomatoes, llamas, and alpacas. The peoples of the Caribbean and the northern Andes developed complex societies based on military and ritual leadership. Warfare was important among these nations as a vehicle for social advancement within the tribe and as a means of supplying individuals for enslavement and ritual sacrifices. Preliminary forms of centralized rule also distinguished these societies from the relatively egalitarian communities of the forests. Civilizations began to develop in the central Andes by approximately 2300 bce and became increasingly elaborate, culturally

A forensic technique more often used at modern crime scenes identified blood residue from large extinct animals on spearpoints and stone tools used by people who lived in the Carolinas millennia ago.

Native American refers to a member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, although the term often connotes only those groups whose original territories were in present-day Canada and the United States. Learn more about the history and culture of Native Americans in this article.