Early Arkansas Flashcards
Nomads
Paleo
Used the Ataltl- helps throw spears
Archaic
Made their houses on ledges and cliffs where Rocky overhang of Cliff walls protected from wind/rain
Woodland
Trade increased, including rocks, minerals, and salt.
Woodland
Decorated pottery and made it stronger
Mississippian
Worship the sun
Mississippian
Had large farms
Mississippian/Woodland
What caused the decline of population?
Disease, warfare, enslavement, and Indian land want it.
Disease –
Not Amune to European diseases
Warfare –
European explores brought guns
Enslavement –
Not good at slaves because of all the diseases the Europeans brought over so they could not work because they got sick
Indian land wanted –
Move to Oklahoma because they’re laying got taken
Gruel as baby food
Mississippian/Woodland
A complex farming society
Caddo
What was the men’s hairstyle?
Scalp lock