Test One Flashcards
Find age of something by radioactivity
Carbon Dates Chiefdom Floodplains Palisade Archaeologist Effigy Pots Dugout Canoes Fall Line
Carbon Dates
Large towns and outlying communities
Carbon Dates Chiefdom Floodplains Palisade Archaeologist Effigy Pots Dugout Canoes Fall Line
Chiefdoms
River valley where soil is found
Carbon Dates Chiefdom Floodplains Palisade Archaeologist Effigy Pots Dugout Canoes Fall Line
Floodplains
High wall of wooden fences
Carbon Dates Chiefdom Floodplains Palisade Archaeologist Effigy Pots Dugout Canoes Fall Line
Palisade
Scientist who study tools and other items
Carbon Dates Chiefdom Floodplains Palisade Archaeologist Effigy Pots Dugout Canoes Fall Line
Archaeologist
Formed into shapes of animals and faces or bodies
Carbon Dates Chiefdom Floodplains Palisade Archaeologist Effigy Pots Dugout Canoes Fall Line
Effigy Pots
Mississippians traveled up and down rivers in these
Carbon Dates Chiefdom Floodplains Palisade Archaeologist Effigy Pots Dugout Canoes Fall Line
Dugout Canoes
Imaginary line marked by waterfalls and rapids where rivers descend.
Carbon Dates Chiefdom Floodplains Palisade Archaeologist Effigy Pots Dugout Canoes Fall Line
Fall line
Remains of living things.
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Fossils
Parts of the country
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Province
Wearing away of land
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Erosion
Groups of related plants or animals
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Species
Uncover from earth by digging
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Excavate
People who live in a particular place
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Inhabitants
Period of time before history was written down
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Prehistoric
Scientist who study rock
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Geologist
To cut up or divide
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Bisect
many years ago when glaciers covered the earth.
Fossils Province Erosion Species Excavate Inhabitants Prehistoric Geologist Bisect Ice Age
Ice Age
A place in Alabama that was an important center of Mississippian Culture was __________.
Bottle Creek
The First People to live in Alabama arrived in the state about _____ years ago
12,000
Alabama is located in the _______ and _______ hemispheres
Northern, Western
People moved around a land bridge that connected ______ and North America
Asia
What four states border Alabama?
Florida, MS, TENN, Georgia
Body of water located South of Alabama is ____________.
Gulf of Mexico
List three things mounds are used for ____________.
Burials, homes for chiefs, ceremonies/celebrations
List three tools that archaeologist used to excavate _______
Brush, shovel, screen
Two of the most important Mississippian sites in Alabama are located at ________ and __________________.
Moundville and Bottle Creek
The largest mound is _____ tall and covers nearly _______.
60 ft and 2 acres
Looters that damage treasures are called _______.
Vandals
How many mounds did Bottle Creek have?
18
Two possible causes of decline of the Mississippian Culture.
Diseases or war
