Prehistoric Georgia Flashcards
Who developed agriculture
Woodland
Who came to America by crossing Beringia
Paleo
Lived in villages surrounded by palisades
Mississippian
Created pottery
Archaic
Created atlatl
Paleo
Created bow and arrow
Woodland
Lived in shelters made of poles covered with hide and bark
Archaic
Had no religious beliefs
Paleo
A scientist who learns about earlier societies
Archeologist
An object made or shaped by humans
Artifact
Technique used to find the age of plant or animal matter
Carbon 14 dating
Natural objects such as bones, teeth and shells.
Ecfact
Bits of broken pottery left by earlier societies
Sherds
Garbage heaps of discarded oyster and mussel shells
Middens
A spear throwing tool that helps throw spears better
Atlatl