Ais

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The Ais were a Native American people who inhabited the Atlantic coast of what is now central and southeastern Florida prior to European colonization.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of Florida
affectedBy European colonization
Old World diseases
missionization efforts
slave raids
archaeologicalCulture East Florida coastal shell midden tradition
burialPractice mound burials
contactWith French explorers
Spanish explorers
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dwellingType villages along lagoons and rivers
economyType hunter-gatherer-fishers
ethnicGroupOf Florida
fate cultural extinction as a distinct people
firstEuropeanContactCentury 16th century
inhabitedRegion Treasure Coast
surface form: Atlantic coast of central Florida

Atlantic coast of Florida
surface form: Atlantic coast of southeastern Florida
knownFrom French colonial accounts
Spanish colonial records
languageFamily unknown
locatedIn Florida
locatedInTime pre-Columbian era
pre-contact period
mainSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
materialCulture bone tools
shell tools
wooden artifacts
neighboringPeople Calusa
Jaega
surface form: Jeaga

Timucua
politicalOrganization chiefdom
regionFeature Indian River Lagoon
barrier islands
coastal hammocks
regionToday Brevard County, Florida NERFINISHED
Indian River County, Florida NERFINISHED
Martin County, Florida NERFINISHED
St. Lucie County, Florida NERFINISHED
timeOfDecline 17th century
18th century
usedResource fish
manatees
marine resources
sea turtles
shellfish

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