Prehistoric Cultures of Tennessee

The FIRST or OLDEST Prehistoric Culture found in Tennessee

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

a large, extinct elephant-like animal the Paleo people hunted

• giraffe

• mastodon

• lion

• deer

A scientist that studies human history and the past from fossils and artifacts

• archaeologist

• biologist

• doctor

A time period when large sheets of ice covered the Earth ;during this time the Paleo people migrated

• Summer

• Winter

• Ice Age

• Fall

A famous Paleo Culture Site in Brentwood, TN where mastodons were found

• Pinson Mound

• Old Stone Fort

• Coats- Hines Site

to uncover or remove from digging out of the ground or soil

• exit

• bury

• dig

• excavate

These are people that move from place to place

• Woodland

• Mississippian

• Nomads

• mastodons

This means for something to no longer be in existence

• extinct

• alive

• nomadic

• excavated

An advancement to the spear by the ARCHAIC people; it attached to the spear and allowed the thrower to throw with more force

• bow and arrow

• atlatl

• arrowhead

• stick

Our SECOND culture in Tennessee: hunted smaller animals after mastodons went extinct and gathered fruits and berries; created the atlatl

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian