Record #:

4387

Author(s):

Moore, David

Abstract:

Ancestors of the Cherokees inhabited the southern Appalachians beginning around 1000 A.D., some 500 years before European explorers reached the New World. Archaeologists call these people the Pisgah Culture. The majority lived in villages in Buncombe and Haywood Counties, while others lived in the mountains of North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. These people were both hunters and farmers.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Spring 1991, p6-8, il

Subject(s):

Pee Dee Indians--North Carolina--Antiquities