The Catawba Indians are aboriginal to South Carolina, and their pottery tradition may be traced to 2,400 B.
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They have the only surviving Native American pottery tradition east of the Miss.
Throughout subsequent demographic stress, the Catawba supported themselves by making and peddling pottery.
After the founding of Charleston in 1670, the Catawba population declined.
When Hernando de Soto visited the Catawba Nation (then Cofitachique) in 1540, he found a sophisticated Mississippian Culture.
The Catawba Indians are aboriginal to South Carolina, and their pottery tradition may be traced to 2,400 B.
C