Indigenous people groups of TN

Why is the Coats-Hines Site so important?

• It indicates that the Paleo people lived in Tennessee.

• It is the most unique of all the Native American villages.

• I was discovered 100 years ago.

• It was the first burial mounds ever found.

What do the Mississippian and Woodland cultures have in common?

• They both hunted mastadon.

• They both built wigwams.

• They were both mound builders.

• They both had chiefdoms.

When did the Woodland people live here?

• 1,000 A.D. 1,500 A.D.

• 1,000 B.C. - 1,000 A.D.

• 12,000 - 14,000 years ago

• 8,000 years ago

Who lived in Tennessee when the state was covered with melting glaciers?

• Mississippian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Paleo

What does Tana-tsee mean?

• Where the trees grow big.

• Where the rivers come together.

• Where the mountains rise up.

• Where the rivers flow.

What 2 cultures made pottery and traded with other groups?

• Woodland and Mississippian

• Paleo and Archaic

• Mississippian and Paleo

• Woodland and Archaic

What group lived in permanent settlements that had chiefdoms with elite and common classes?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Mississippian

Which group lived here 8,000 years ago?

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Mississippian

• Woodland

Who were the first to live in permanent settlements and grow maize?

• Mississippian

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Paleo

How did Mississippians protect themselves?

• They lived in fortified towns.

• They had armed guards.

• They had special stones.

• They performed protection ceremonies.