The Timucuans were a prehistoricNative American civilization centered around the present-day central and north Florida and southeastern Georgia area of the Southeast United States. Archaeologists estimates of when Timucua culture emerged at around 1400 B.C.. Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ... The word culture comes from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). ... (15th century BC - 14th century BC - 13th century BC - other centuries) (1400s BC - 1390s BC - 1380s BC - 1370s BC - 1360s BC - 1350s BC - 1340s BC - 1330s BC - 1320s BC - 1310s BC - 1300s BC - other decades) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) Events 1344 - 1322 BC -- Beginning of...
They where first meet by the French explorer Jean Ribault who first encountered them at the mouth of the River of May in 1562. Jean Ribault (1520 - October 12, 1565) was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. ...
At the time of Columbus, Timucuan areas stretched from the Altamaha River in present-day Georgia to as far south as Orlando, Florida and from Jacksonville to the Aucilla River, yet never stretching to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Timucuans are noted for their passiveness as compared to their neighbors, the Apalachee and Calusa as well as the successful missions that the Spanish established in their territory.
By 1595, the Timucuan population had shrunk by 75%, primarily from disease and war.
In the center of the village was the chief's large rectangular lodge which housed his family and the food and grain storage for the tribe.
Timucuan people adorned their bodies with colorful tattoos, and wore ornaments of shell, pearls, seeds,nuts, bones and clay.
The Moore's Timucuan village is mobile and can be set up for your special group, school, club, park, festival, or museum functions at a site of your choosing.