Ancient
What helps improve archaeology?
Technology
Who are the two earliest cultures we have info about?
Adena and Hopewell
What tribes name meant southerner and was pushed out of Pennsylvania by the construction of Fort Pitt?
Shawnee
What is another term for wanderers?
Nomads
Who are scientists that study items left behind by ancient peoples?
archaeologists
How does how deep something is buried help id how old it is?
soil layers help id time periods
What is the largest conical mound in the US?
Grave Creek Mound
what did the Delaware Native Americans call themselves?
Lenape
Who discovered the Grave Creek Mound in 1770?
Joseph Tomlinson
What is a group of people who share common ancestry, name, and way of living?
tribe
What is the most likely way people arrived in North America?
Land bridge from Asia
What is the process of making a spear point called?
Flint Knapping
Were the Mingo a single Native American tribe?
No
What was the spear point used during the paleo period?
Clovis Point
What was the most valuable prey for Native Americans in the area?
Deer
During the archaic period hunting became safer with the creation of this item used to throw a spear.
atlatl
What is the possible first permanent settlement in Western Virginia?
St. Albans
What were the three sisters planted by the Native Americans?
corn, beans, and squash
What is a society where the line is traced through the mother called?
matrilineal society.
What did the Adena and Hopewell both experiment with that would allow for more permanent settlements
farming
The tree time periods of Western Virginia are identified by what changes?
Movement, weapons and tools, food, and religious practices
What do the burial mounds tell us about the cultures that made them? (name 2)
knowledge of math, afterlife belief, societal organization, skilled artisans
Who was the term Delaware named after?
Sit Thomas West, third Lord of de la Warr
What are the three time periods in western Virginia?
Paleo, Archaic, Woodland
What does the chemical makeup of an item help us determine?
the items source