The impact of technology in Southwest Florida has been mind boggling. Since no part of United States remained aloof in pursuit of technology and new methods of doing things but the pace shown by Southwest Florida in the very pursuit puts him afar from rest of its neighbor areas. And the pace is quite evident in the chapters of Southwest Florida history. Thus, as per the history, in each and every spheres of Southwest Florida is submerged into the coolest shadow of technology. Characteristic of the Southwest Florida tool assemblage is the small number of individual tools excavated from sites both on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The tools are extremely rare, and no detailed studies have been undertaken of the shell industry that must have existed, partly because many shell tools are so difficult to recognize. Even at a site like Hawkshaw that produced nearly 15,000 potsherds, only 80 chipped stone, 12 bone, and 12 shell artifacts were recovered. The majority of tools must have been made from wood and are not preserved in the archaeological record. Consequently, our knowledge of Southwest Florida technology is based on supposition and a limited number of stone, bone, and shell artifacts. In addition, a few impressions of woven baskets and cordage on fired-clay ceramic vessels also have been found.
That the Southwest Florida peoples worked wood is evident from their pottery vessels, which were stamped or malleated with carved wooden paddles (one clay paddle has been found). Most weapons and tools were probably manufactured from wood, and the full range of tools known from archaic sites also must have been in use in the Southwest Florida period. Medium-sized triangular projectile points have been found at Southwest Florida sites, but whether they were used to tip the shafts of spears or arrows is uncertain.................
