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What is the definition of the word archaeology?
The study of how people in the past lived by using the things they left behind
What does the word adapt mean?
to change
What is the definition of the word excavate?
To dig carefully
What is a site?
A specific digging spot used by archaeologists
What is a mastodon?
A large, hairy mammal that was related to elephants and mammoths
What is the definition of oral tradition?
Passing down stories from person to person without having been written down
What is pottery?
Pots and other containers made from clay
What are effigy mounds?
Big piles of dirt that are often shaped like animals or spirits
What does the word cultivate mean?
to grow, plant, and harvest
What are longhouses?
A long, narrow house that the Oneota Indians lived in
What is an example of oral tradition?
Creation stories or family ancestor stories
Who were Wisconsin's First People?
Native people/Indian groups
What group were Wisconsin's earliest farmers?
Oneota Indians
What did the Paleo Indians eat?
Plants, berries, nuts, deer, elk, mammoths
What group built and lived in wigwams?
Archaic Indians
What were wigwams and what were they made out of?
A type of home that was made from branches, hides, and bark
