The answer is in the question; huntin', gatherin', partyin', burpin' ... an' sleepin' it off.
Most likely other groups or tribes of hunter-gatherers in the same area.
They were nomadic hunter gatherers in lifestyle and therefore spent most of their time looking for food.
Actually, ALL people were hunter/gatherers before agriculture.
the climate they lived in
The environment they lived in, such as the availability of resources and the climate, was the most important factor in determining the cultural traits of hunter-gatherers. This influenced their social organization, technology, and belief systems.
A hunter-gatherer, was the ancestral subsistence mode of Homo, and all modern humans until around 10,000 years ago. Following the invention of agriculture hunter-gatherers have been displaced by farming or pastoralist groups in most parts of the world. Only a few contemporary societies are classified as hunter-gatherers, and many supplement, sometimes extensively, their foraging activity with farming and/or keeping animals.
Irrigation farmers benefited more from irrigation as it enabled them to cultivate crops consistently and support larger populations. Hunter-gatherers relied on natural resources and faced uncertainties in finding food sources.
A hunter-gatherer, was the ancestral subsistence mode of Homo, and all modern humans until around 10,000 years ago. Following the invention of agriculture hunter-gatherers have been displaced by farming or pastoralist groups in most parts of the world. Only a few contemporary societies are classified as hunter-gatherers, and many supplement, sometimes extensively, their foraging activity with farming and/or keeping animals.
A hunter-gatherer, was the ancestral subsistence mode of Homo, and all modern humans until around 10,000 years ago. Following the invention of agriculture hunter-gatherers have been displaced by farming or pastoralist groups in most parts of the world. Only a few contemporary societies are classified as hunter-gatherers, and many supplement, sometimes extensively, their foraging activity with farming and/or keeping animals.
in the water!
Most of what are called "archaic" Indians were hunter gatherers. They collected fruits and vegetables. The also hunted for the abundant, available game.
It is Interphase.