ial ▁practices , ▁int ensive ▁collection ▁and / or ▁h ort icult ure ▁of ▁st archy ▁seed ▁plants ▁( see ▁Eastern ▁Agricult ural ▁Complex ), ▁different iation ▁in ▁social ▁organization , ▁and ▁special ized ▁activities , ▁among ▁other ▁factors . ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁evident ▁in ▁the ▁S out he astern ▁Wood lands ▁by ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁B CE . ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁areas , ▁like ▁South ▁Carolina ▁and ▁coast al ▁Georgia , ▁De pt ford ▁culture ▁pot tery ▁manufact ure ▁ceased ▁after ▁c . ▁ 7 0 0 ▁CE . ▁ ▁Sub s istence ▁strateg ies ▁In ▁coast al ▁regions , ▁many ▁settlement s ▁were ▁near ▁the ▁coast , ▁often ▁near ▁salt ▁mar sh es , ▁which ▁were ▁habit ats ▁rich ▁in ▁food ▁resources . ▁People ▁t ended ▁to ▁sett le ▁along ▁rivers ▁and ▁la kes ▁in ▁both ▁coast al ▁and ▁interior ▁regions ▁for ▁maximum ▁access ▁to ▁food ▁resources . ▁N uts ▁were ▁processed ▁in ▁large ▁amounts , ▁including ▁h ick ory ▁and ▁ac orn s , ▁and ▁many ▁wild ▁ber ries , ▁including ▁pal m ▁ber ries , ▁blue ber ries , ▁r asp ber ries , ▁and ▁st raw ber ries , ▁were ▁e aten , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁wild ▁g rap es ▁and ▁pers im mon . ▁Most ▁groups ▁re lied ▁heavily ▁on ▁white - ta iled ▁de er , ▁but ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁other ▁small ▁and ▁large ▁m amm als ▁were ▁h unted ▁also , ▁including ▁be aver , ▁racc oon , ▁and ▁bear . ▁Sh