5/16/ Earliest Lifeways In Montana Lesson 1-6 th Grade IEFA Early Geography of Montana

5/16/ Prehistoric Map I Map courtesy of Montana Historical Society Asia Canada Montana North America Western Hemisphere Bering Strait

5/16/ Old North Trail Map

5/16/ Vocabulary The vocabulary terms used in this presentation were taken from many sources.

5/16/ ancient having had an existence of many years

5/16/ archaeology study of past cultures through the things that remain, such as buildings, tools, or pottery.

5/16/ artifacts objects made by people long ago

5/16/ atlatl a device for throwing a spear or dart that consists of a rod or board with a projection (as a hook) at the end to hold the weapons in place until released

5/16/ biomes places that have distinct climates and types of plants and animals

5/16/ bison any of several large shaggy-maned recent or extinct bovine mammals having a large head with short horns and heavy forequarters surmounted by a large fleshy hump sometimes called a buffalo

5/16/ chert a rock resembling flint and consisting essentially of a large amount of fibrous chalcedony with smaller amounts of cryptocrystalline quartz and amorphous silica

5/16/ Clovis a city in New Mexico where archaeologists found clues to humans who lived in the region more than 11,000 years ago the well established human culture in North America named for the city

5/16/ culture Includes the technology, customs, beliefs and art of peoples that can be described as the way individuals and groups interact with their environment

5/16/ descendants Those who have proceeded from an ancestor or source

5/16/ expedition a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose

5/16/ flint a material used for producing a spark; especially: an alloy (as of iron and cerium) A hard quartz that produces a spark when struck by steel + =

5/16/ mammoth any of a genus of large hairy extinct elephants

5/16/ mastodon any of various extinct mammals of the elephant family existing from the Miocene through the Pleistocene that are distinguished from the related mammoths chiefly by molar teeth with cone-shaped cusps

5/16/ migration The movement of humans or animals from one country or place to another

5/16/ preservation the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

5/16/ projectile points Another term for arrowheads

5/16/ research the collection of information about a particular subject

5/16/ technology the body of tools and other implements produced by a given society

5/16/ Discussion Questions I 1. How do you think Indians came to Montana? 2. Why is geography so important? 3. What type of animals lived in prehistoric Montana?

5/16/ Discussion Questions II 4. What type of artifacts could have been found in Montana? 5. Why are artifacts so important to us? 6. How do artifacts affect what we know about life in prehistoric Montana? 7. What kinds of technology did man use for weapons?

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