Vocab
A building material made from a mixture of clay, straw, and water, which is dried in the sun to form bricks.
Adobe
The Anasazi people are also known as
Cliff Dwellers
Inuit word for home
Igloo
Mound Builders
the spreading of something more widely
diffusion
Individuals from whom one is descended, typically referring to members of a family or group who lived generations before the current members.
Ancestors
This is the type of environment the Anasazi lived in
desert
The breed of dog the Inuit used for sleighs
Husky
This is the shape of the homes the Mound Builders built from wood, river mud and grasses.
Triangular Hut Prism
idea or ideas used to explain something
Theory
A formal event or ritual performed for a specific purpose, often in a cultural, religious, or social context, with prescribed actions and behaviors.
Ceremony
A flat top hill
Mesa
This is the type of boats the Inuit used to fish
Kayaks
Where was the Mound Builders civilization located?
along the Mississippi River Valley
movement of people & animals from one place to another
Migration
A hard, sedimentary rock used historically for making tools and starting fires, often associated with prehistoric stone tools.
Flint
What did the Anasazi call their group of homes?
Pueblos
This word means "those who have gone"
Hohokam
Roofs that were made out of dead natural materials such as straw and grass.
Thatched roofs
telling the age of old objects that had living material
radiocarbon dating
circular, or rectangular chambers used for ceremonial and religious purposes by Indigenous peoples, especially in the Southwest United States.
Kivas
What are kivas?
underground rooms used for religious ceremonies
Name one tribe that is part of the Inuit civilization.
Aleut or Yupik
What is considered the "Three Sisters"?
Corn, beans and squash
telling the age of old objects from the layer of ground they came from.
Stratification Analysis