Trade between groups continued to grow. This gave people access to materials from places beyond where they lived. People also can get new ideas and knowledge from others. An important advancement was the development of the bow and arrows about 800 years ago. By the end of this period some tribes were living in village settlements.
People still enjoy cooking traditional Indian foods .
Food was abundant, especially in the tidal wetlands areas which had many fish and shell beds of oysters and other marine life. By the time the settlers from England arrived in Virginia, the native people in the coastal areas were living in larger societies called chiefdoms.