PEOPLE LIVED HERE FOR 17,000 YEARS BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT. THEY HAD NO WRITTEN LANGUAGE ONLY STORYTELLING. ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE RECONSTRUCTED THEIR HISTORY AND LIFE WAY. PREHISTORIC SOAPSTONE WAS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER MATERIAL FOR MAKING COOKING POTS. IT IS A SOFT STONE THAT THEY CARVED WITH STONE AND BONE TOOLS. THEY MADE HEAVIER BOWLS WHEN THEY BECAME MORE SEDENTARY. QUARRIES OF QUARTZITE AND RHYOLITE WERE USED FOR TOOLS AND KNIVES. THEY TRADED ACROSS VIRGINIA HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY. ABOUT 1200 B.C. THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA BEGAN FIRING CLAY COOKWARE IN THE EARLIEST ABOUT 2500 B.C. CLAY POTS WERE MORE VERSATILE THAN SOAPSTONE. THEY HAD CERTAIN WORKSHOP AREAS FOR POTTERY MAKING, CRAFTING FLINT TOOLS AND PREPARING SKINS AND FOOD PREPARATION.
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