Ch 4 Early People of Texas * Vocabulary, Notes & Maps

A mix of sun dried earth and straw used for building

• Adobe

• Artifact

• Shaman

A dealer or agent as a go~between for the producers of goods and retailers and consumers

• Archaeologist

• Shaman

• Middleman

A scientist who studies the physical remains of the past.

• Hunter-gatherer

• Shaman

• Archaeologist

Objects made by humans

• Artifacts

• Teepees

• Nomads

A person believed to be able to summon spirits and has healing powers

• Archaeologist

• Middleman

• Shaman

Portable homes made of animal hides easily put together and taken down for nomadic living.

• Teepee

• Adobe

• Brick

Tracing property ownership through the male members of the family line.

• Matrilineal

• Patrilineal

People who move from place to place often following a food source like the mammoth or later generations the Buffalo.

• Hunter-gatherer

• Nomads

• Migrate

A union of different groups like the Caddo East Texas natives who lived along the Red River..

• Family

• Clan

• Confederacy

Tracing the descent of your family through the female line.

• Matrilineal

• Patrilineal