Prehistoric People New Mexico Lesson 1

Archaeology is the study of past people and cultures through a careful examination of ___________.

• Mano

• Unearth

• Artifacts

• Excavate

This is a stick about 18 inches long with a bone or antler hook.

• Metate

• Mano

• Prehistoric

• Atlatl

Culture is the beliefs and ________________ of a group of people.

• artifact

• customs

• archaeologists

• pithouses

This means native

• What is prehistoric

• What is artifacts

• What is indigenous

• What is Paleo

A small stone to grind seed into flour.

• What is a mano

• What is an atlatl

• What is a metate

• What is a basket

The flatter stone that is rubbed against the mano is a _______.

• atlatl

• prehistoric

• metate

• bone

A ___________ move from place to place in search of food.

• Nomad

• Mano

• Metate

• Prehistoric

The first people to live in North America, according to Archaeologist are the ____________

• Nomads

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Prehistoric

_________________ is a time relating to a period before there were written records .

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Prehistoric

• Mano