Cincinnati History: People Move Into the Ohio Valley

Archaeologists study:

• dinosaur bones

• human life and culture from the past

• black holes

People came into the Ohio Valley about _________years ago, at the end of the last _________ ____________.

• 700, Gilded Age

• 300, Industrial Age

• 14,000, Ice Age

Before the Sayler Park Mound was opened by archaeologists, it was used as a:

• playground

• toy shop

• trash dump

Check all the items that were found inside the mound:

• Gold Coins

• Clay Pipes and Pottery

• Snickers wrapper

• Beads and Jewelry

• Human Skeleton

The early Native Peoples were prehistoric, meaning

• they lived with dinosaurs

• they could not speak

• they had no written language and left no written records

Prehistoric native people of southwestern Ohio included:

• Kiowa

• Ft. Ancient

• Adena

• Cherokee

• Hopewell

The Adena people got food by ____________, ____________________, and ____________________.

• farming, hunting, shopping

• farming, hunting, fishing

• hunting with bow and arrow, trading with other tribes

The Adena people used these tools and technologies.

• their hands

• baskets

• shovels

• shells

_______________________Mound is more than _____________________feet long.

• Great Serpent, 1200

• Great Snake Eating an Egg, 5280

• Ft. Ancient, 50

The Hopewell people built ___________________with roofs and ___________________above the Little Miami River.

• houses, churches

• houses, earthworks

• barns, stables