How They Lived
- The Tocobaga used dirt, stones, and shells to build their mounds.
- Shells were a large part of the Tocobagas' lives. They used shells as eating utensils, they traded shells, and they were buried with shells.
- The women who worked in the kitchens made garbage heaps. These heaps of garbage were called middens. The middens often contained animal bones and shells.
- The Tocobaga villages had chiefs in charge. The villages' chiefs met with nobles every morning at the villages' temples.
Do you see the mounds in this picture? Think about how difficult building these mounds must have been!