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The men and women had very different daily tasks. Women took care of the young children; planted, tended and harvested the crops; cooked the meals; and made the pottery, baskets, mats and clothing. Men’s work consisted of housebuilding, canoe-making, and clearing land for gardens, along with defense, hunting, woodcutting, and making the tools for these chores. The men also had primary responsibilities for ritual and political activities.

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Louisiana Prehistory
By Robert W. Neuman and Nancy W. Hawkins Neuman
Published in 1982
Available from gutenberg.org

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