| Term | Definition |
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prehistory |
the time before written records |
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anthropologists |
study and compare people to learn how they lived |
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archeogists |
use remains of material that they find to study past people |
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artifacts |
tools, weapons, and other objects made by people |
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hunter-gathers |
people who hunt animals and gather wild plants for food |
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maize |
a type of corn |
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precontact |
period of time before Europeans arrived in the americas |
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nomads |
group of people who move from place to place |
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wigwams |
circular huts |
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mitotes |
all-night celebrations |
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crop rotation |
a system of growing different crops |
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confederacies |
alliances between different groups |
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allies |
friends who support one another |
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matrilineal |
families traced threw mothers side |
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adobe |
brick house |
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hides |
animal skins |
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hunting grounds |
areas where traditionally hunted for food |
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teepees |
movable houses made from animal hides sretched over long poles |
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bands |
small groups made up of a few families |