“Prehistoric Indians” Directions: Complete the following chart comparing the prehistoric Indian cultures of . Paleo Indians Meso Indians Early Neo Indians Late Neo Indians 10,000 6,000 B.C 7500 2000 B.C. 2000 B.C. A.D. 800 A.D. 800 1600 Time Period – – – – Nomadic Nomadic (but Sedentary (built Sedentary stayed in 1 place villages & lived there Nomadic or longer than Paleo) seasonally) Sedentary Ate wide range of Hunted smaller Ate wild grapes, Planted and ate plants and animals, animals like deer, palmetto, fruits, maize (corn), beans, including mastodons rabbits, raccoons, pigweed, and squash, and and squirrels; ate amaranth; hunted deer; pumpkins. birds, mammals, and ate fish and Food fish, clams, shellfish reptiles, seeds, roots, nuts, and fruits (hickory nuts, pecans, acorns, persimmons, huckleberries, and elderberries) Used 3-inch stone Used spear points Began making pottery Used pottery points attached to of varied sizes and around 1000 B.C.; wooden poles (spears) shapes; added a developed bow and throwing stick with arrow around 500 Tools and weights (atlatl) to A.D. Weapons spears Lived in temporary Built structures Built villages and Built more shelters covered with lived there seasonally. permanent homes of branches or thatch wattle and daub Shelter and built on posts (woven sticks in the ground. covered with mud). Made clothing of Built mounds, Made more elaborate Built temple animal skins probably for special ornaments like copper mounds for ceremonies; made ear spools and religious stone bowls, bracelets, beads, ceremonies Other Details baskets, bone animal tooth pendants, needles, fish hooks, pottery pipes, and beads, hairpins, figurines; buried items tortoise shell with the dead rattles, shell ornaments
“Prehistoric Indians” Directions: Complete the following chart comparing the prehistoric Indian cultures of . Paleo Indians Meso Indians Early Neo Indians Late Neo Indians Time Period 10,000 – 6,000 B.C 7500 – 2000 B.C. 2000 B.C. – A.D. 800 A.D. 800 – 1600 Nomadic or Sedentary Nomadic Nomadic (but stayed in 1 place longer than Paleo) Sedentary (built villages & lived there seasonally) Sedentary Food Ate wide range of plants and animals, including mastodons Hunted smaller animals like deer, rabbits, raccoons, and squirrels; ate birds, mammals, fish, clams, reptiles, seeds, roots, nuts, and fruits (hickory nuts, pecans, acorns, persimmons, huckleberries, and elderberries) Ate wild grapes, palmetto, fruits, pigweed, and amaranth; hunted deer; and ate fish and shellfish Planted and ate maize (corn), beans, squash, and pumpkins. Tools and Weapons Used 3-inch stone points attached to wooden poles (spears) Used spear points of varied sizes and shapes; added a throwing stick with weights (atlatl) to spears Began making pottery around 1000 B.C.; developed bow and arrow around 500 A.D. Used pottery Shelter Lived in temporary shelters Built structures covered with branches or thatch and built on posts in the ground. Built villages and lived there seasonally. Built more permanent homes of wattle and daub (woven sticks covered with mud). Other Details Made clothing of animal skins Built mounds, probably for special ceremonies; made stone bowls, baskets, bone needles, fish hooks, beads, hairpins, tortoise shell rattles, shell ornaments Made more elaborate ornaments like copper ear spools and bracelets, beads, animal tooth pendants, pottery pipes, and figurines; buried items with the dead Built temple mounds for religious ceremonies
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