Poverty Point Vocab Words

1, A way of life including arts and beliefs that are passed down from generation to generation

• Culture

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2. Exchange of goods or services for other goods or services without using money

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• Barter

3. To change your behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place or situation

• Artifacts

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4. landforms, bodies of water, climate, natural vegetation and soilL

• Mounds

• Physical Feature

5. Soils made of earth. American Indians built the mounds at Poverty Point using the soil 

• Mounds

• Earthworks

6. Objects that are made,used, or modified by humans and give us information about life in the past

• Artifacts

• Archeologists

7. Small Hills

• Earthworks

• Mounds

8. Scientists who study things left from the past 

• Artifacts

• Archeologists

9. A person or animal that lives in a place

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• Inhabitants