Archaeology

Evidence now shows that people lived at _________________________ as much as 15-18,000 years ago.

• Cactus Hill

• Europe

• The East Coast

• Starbucks

Archaeologists study-

• Human behavior and culture of the past

• Human behavior and food of the past

• Animal behavior and culture of the past

The material evidence that archaeologists collect is commonly known as-

• History

• Historical droppings

• exhibits

• artifacts

For an item to be considered an artifact, it must be-

• really old

• man made

• naturally occurring

• buried in the ground

Define nomads-

• people with no fixed home who move from place to place

• people with a fixed home who move from place to place

• people who collect rocks and sculptures

• The Paleo-Indians that scientists believed were the first in North America

Define Clovis-

• The land bridge area

• The location of one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America

• The Paleo-Indians that scientist believed were the first in North America

• How people survived before farming; hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants to eat

Cactus Hill-

• The location of one of the youngest archaeological sites in North America

• The Paleo-Indians that scientists believed were the first in North America

• People with no fixed home who move from place to place

• The location of one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America

Define Paleo-Indians-

• The Paleo-Indians that scientist believed were the first in North America

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    People with no fixed home who move from place to place.

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    The General name for all of the people who crossed the Bering Land Bridge during the last Ice Age.

• How people survived before farming; hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants to eat

Define Hunter-gatherers

• The General name for all of the people who crossed the Bering Land Bridge during the last Ice Age.

• How people survived before farming; hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants to eat

• he location of one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America

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    The Paleo-Indians that scientist believed were the first in North America