Prehistoric Time Periods

a fence made of wooden poles placed upright in the ground used to protect villages.

a weapon consisting of two parts invented during the Woodland time period.

to gather crops after they have grown

a person who kills animals for food

Used wooden spears with projectile points for hunting.

a large extinct elephant with a sloping back and long curved tusks

scientists who study the past by digging up remains and artifacts.

attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another.

animals that no longer exist

Hunted wooly mammoths.

pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay.

First to farm and ate meat, fish, corn, squash, pumpkins, and sunflowers.

Large Native American homes made with with pole frames and elm bark covering.

those who collects berries, nuts, and fruits

a tool that hunters use to throw a spear and invented in the Archaic time period.

a time period when a large sheet of ice covered most of the world

a heap pile of earth, gravel, sand, or rocks from a hill.

means before history was written down.

to plant and grow crops

Their chiefs' lived in huts on top of earth mounds.

temporary Native American shelters made of a simple wooden frame covered with brush.

people who travel from place to place to find food.

tool that used for scraping fur from animal hides and woodworking.

Before they crossed for Bering strait Paleo Indians lived in...

Created a spear thrower called an atlatl.

a land-bridge that early Paleo Indians crossed. They were coming from Asia.

an object attached to a handle or strap, such as a spear, dart, or arrow, or used as a knife.

Hunted small animals for meat as the mammoth and mastodon became extinct.

First to fish.

Had palisades protecting their villages of huts and earth mounds.

a weapon with a long shaft and a pointed tip and first used in the Paleo time period.

First used a bow and arrow for hunting.

A type of rock art.