Prehistoric Native Americans

These people were hunters and gathers who lived in Ohio during the Ice Age

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

These people lived in large villages, near water, and protected by a wall

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

During this time period, the climate became warmer and people found new ways to harvest food.

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

These people hunted with the bow and arrow for the first time.

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

This time period had the woolly mammoth and mastodon being hunted for food.

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

We know less about this time period than any of the other prehistoric time periods.

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

Multiple people lived in one home, called "bands"

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

This group of people lived in one place longer because they had a steady supply of food. They planted their own food and gathered shellfish.

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

This group of Native Americans surrounded their villages with a palisade, a fence made of poles

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric

Lived in tents they could tear down quickly so they could find the food they needed to stay alive.

• PaleoIndian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Late Prehistoric