Paleoindian and Archaic Time Period

Scientists who study artifacts to learn about people from the past.

• Historian

• Archaeologists

• Biologist

An object made by a human being.

• rituals

• nomadic

• artifacts

A group of people that lived between 22,000 B.C. – 8,000 B.C. around the world.

• Paleoindians

• Hopewell

• Adena

A period of time of colder temperatures.

• nomadic

• megafauna

• Ice Age

People who move from place to place and never settle in one area for long.

• colonists

• nomadic

• flint

Large mammals.

• atlatl

• flint

• megafauna

A type of rock often used in creating tools.

• flint

• sedimentary

• igneous

A period of time after the Ice Age ended.

• Colonial period

• Archaic period

• Hopewell period

A tool that functions as a spear-thrower to catapult spears much further than by hand.

• flint

• atlatl

• tomahawk