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Archaeologists
Men and women who study the things that ancient people left behind
Carbon-14 dating
A way of determining the age of certain archeological artifacts of a biological origin up to about 50,000
What did early people develop?
Distinctive ways of living
Artifacts
A term used to describe something made by people
Kill site
Places where the hunters killed game for food
What were the first New Mexicans?
Big-game hunters
Culture
Living patterns, customs, and skills of a given people at a given time
Where did Clovis people live?
Describe the climate and land of New Mexico about 10,000 years ago or more?
Cooler, more forest, wet, and cold
Scientific methods of dating
Methods that are used to determine when people lived at a various places
Where did Folsom people live?
In New Mexico
Where and when did Clovis people and Folsom people live?
Clovis lived in eastern part of NM
Folsom lived in northeastern NM
Tree rings
A scientific method of dating tree rings to the exact year they were formed
Where did early people come from?
Asia
What artifacts have archaeologists used to identify big-game hunters?
Clovis spearpoint, kill sites, and extinct animals
Describe the way in which these first New Mexicans lived.
As hunters and fathers