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Oklahoma History
Chapter Three
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| artifacts | object made by human work or skill (like baskets) found at archeological sites |
| artisans | skilled craftsman who makes jewelry, cloth, tools or other items |
| atlatl | a wooden throwing stick used to propel a spear |
| Beringia | a land bridge that connected Asia with North America during the last great ice age. |
| Big Game Hunters | Early people of North America who hunted mammoth using man-made spearpoints known as Clovis points. |
| carbon dating | method of determining the age of bones |
| Early Farmers | first people in Oklahoma to grow maize (corn) for food and to make pottery |
| Foragers | ancient people who limited their hunting and gathering to a smaller area than their big game hunting ancestors did, returning to certain sites again and again. |
| Mound Builders | Pre-Columbian culture that built huge earthworks which served as public buildings, homes of chiefs or burial sites. |
| Paleo-Indians | the first Americans, who hunted large animals and used stone and bone tools |
| petroglyphs | a carving, painting or inscription on a rock wall. |
| Plains Village Farmers | earliest farming inhabitants of the Southern Plains, they grew corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins and lived in square houses with thatched roofs. |
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