▁cl ans ▁less ened , ▁thereby ▁decre asing ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁trade . ▁ ▁As ▁communities ▁became ▁more ▁isolated , ▁they ▁began ▁to ▁develop ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁unique ▁ways , ▁giving ▁rise ▁to ▁small - scale ▁cult ures ▁that ▁were ▁distinct ive ▁to ▁their ▁regional ▁areas . ▁Ex amples ▁include ▁the ▁Bay town , ▁T roy ville ▁and ▁Col es ▁Creek ▁cult ures ▁of ▁Louisiana , ▁the ▁A lach ua ▁and ▁We eden ▁Island ▁cult ures ▁of ▁Florida , ▁and ▁the ▁Pl um ▁Bay ou ▁culture ▁of ▁Ark ansas ▁and ▁Missouri . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁CE ▁ending ▁of ▁the ▁Late ▁Wood land ▁period ▁is ▁traditional , ▁in ▁practice ▁many ▁regions ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Wood lands ▁adopted ▁the ▁full ▁Mississ ipp ian ▁culture ▁much ▁later ▁than ▁that . ▁Some ▁groups ▁in ▁the ▁north ▁and ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁United ▁States , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁I ro qu ois , ▁retained ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁life ▁that ▁was ▁techn olog ically ▁identical ▁to ▁the ▁Late ▁Wood land ▁until ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁Europe ans . ▁Furthermore , ▁despite ▁the ▁w ides p read ▁ad option ▁of ▁the ▁bow ▁and ▁arrow ▁during ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁pe op les ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁areas ▁appear ▁never ▁to ▁have ▁made ▁the ▁change . ▁During ▁Hern ando ▁de ▁S oto ' s ▁travel s ▁through ▁the ▁S out he astern ▁Wood lands ▁around ▁ 1 5 4 3 , ▁the ▁groups ▁at ▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁river ▁still ▁prefer entially ▁used ▁the ▁spe ar