1. Pre-History: Observations and Inferences

2. Prehistoric= Before written records
Artifacts= Things that were left behind by ancient people
Observations: studying something
Inferences= the act or process of coming to a conclusion based on observations 2

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4. History is the story of…..
Migration: to go from one place to another.
Adaptation: to adjust or modify.
Change

5. Scientists
Archaeologists= study past societies through analyzing what people left behind.
Anthropologists= study human life and culture
Paleontologists= study fossils (preserved in rocks) 5

6. Primary and Secondary: Answers the question: “What happened?”
Primary Sources: Records made by people who were there at the time. “First”
Secondary Sources: An indirect link to an event--something written or made by someone who was NOT there at the time. “Second”
* Pg. 43

7. Artifact Project Individual assignment Create an artifact
Can’t use tools that they didn’t have in the Pre-Historic days
Be ready to present and share what your artifact would have been used for.
DUE: Monday (23rd) , or
Tuesday (24th)

8. Prehistoric American Indians
*****Humans lived in Utah for about 11,000-13,000 years ago in caves near Wendover.
Danger Cave
Hogup Cave
Paleo-Indian and Archaic People--Hunter Gatherers
Anasazi and Fremont

9. Paleo-Indian and Archaic People
Paleo = Ancient
Archaic: lived after Paleo-Indian
Nomadic hunter-gatherers: followed animals and killed them for food.
Animals hunted: saber-toothed
tiger, an early type of camel,
woolly mammoth
Gathered: seeds, nuts, and
other wild plants
Atlatl: A spear thrower that was their main weapon

10. Anasazi 500-1200 AD Means “ancient ones”
Lived along the San Juan River,
present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado
Hunter Gatherers
Extensive farming society through irrigation and water storage
Skillful artisans: pottery; Bags out of animal skins
Pueblos were built—multistoried structures
Pueblo Bonito: 800 rooms for 1,000 people
Mesa Verde: large community of cliff dwellings

12. The Fremont People Located in the Great Basin Traded with Anasazi
Full time farmers and hunters
Irrigation system to water crops
Built homes underground
Made coiled gray pottery, fiber baskets, and moccasins
Learned about through petroglyphs = rock carving

13. What happened to them?
Scientists believe that both the Anasazi and Freemont cultures disappeared sometime after 1300 AD.
Anasazi: moved to New Mexico and Arizona
Freemont: slowly gave up farming and abandoned their villages
**What caused people to move?