Earliest People
scientists who study ancient cultures by examining what they have left behind
archaeologists
pottery, tools, bone, jewelry, paintings
artifacts
wise medicine man
shaman
people who lived before recorded history
prehistoric people
pictures or symbols that convey an idea
petroglyphs
having more than one wife
polygamy
people who study artifacts, fossils, cave drawings, trails and oral history to learn the culture of a group and how groups of people lived
anthropologists
traces or remains of living things
fossils
trade one item for another
barter
people who wander from place to place
nomads
new weapon to aid in throwing spears
atlal
who introduced the horse to North America
Spanish
people who are responsible for creating the mounds in Oklahoma
animal or bird whose spirit guided them
totem
A nomadic tribe that did not build permanent shelters.
Apache