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Paleo Period Nomadic - _________________________________________ Lived in small groups Hunted large animals – mammoth, bison Used spears with Clovis points
Archaic Period Atlatl - _______________________________________________ Middens - _______________________________________________ Ate a lot of shellfish (Middens) Used the first pottery
Woodland Period Wattle & Daub - ______________________________________________ More permanent homes than the Archaic Mounds - _______________________________________________ Created basic bow & arrows – made hunting easier Elaborate religious ceremonies
Mississippian Period Most complex of 4 civilizations Lived in permanent place/village Villages were near water – Why? _______________________________________________ Palisade - __________________, outer wall of village Improved the bow and arrows Buried items with the dead for the afterlife Built large mounds