The First Texans Arrive
what where the ancient people in Texas following ?
Animals (food source) mainly the buffalo
Name two examples of an artifact
Tools, artwork, human and animal bones, pottery, baskets, shells
What is a notched throwing stick for hunting similar to a current day slingshot?
Atlatl
How did farming change the way Natives lived?
They had a dependable source of food, they could stay in one location, use time for to develop roles in society such as craft workers, warriors, political and religious leaders and farmers.
How many years ago did the first Natives reach Texas?
More than 10,000 years ago
These scientists study evidence of past human activity
Archaeologists
What two strategies did Natives use to kill many buffalo or other animals at one time?
“Cliff Dive” (explain) and surround strategies
Central Mexico
How did people pass down the early story of Texas ?
By telling stories
Human bones have been found near these Texas cities
Midland Leander
Name two Native tools made from animal bones or stone
axles, picks, drills, choppers, scrapers, mortars, pestles
around what time did several groups of people in Texas began to grow their own food?
A.D.100
Siberia and Alaska is separated by a narrow body of water called
Bering strait
paintings on rocks and in caves where found in what part of Texas ?
Southwest Texas
what animals did people hunt for durning the stone age ?
Mastodons mammoths and bison
What were some of the first crops grown ?
corn tomatoes pumpkins squash and cotton
people migrated to the western hemisphere as early as
35,000 years ago
Changes in pottery or tool styles were evidence of what ?
People moving into the area
what small animals did they hunt for ?
rabbit squirrels and birds
What did farming meant ?
a more dependable source of food.