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LA History Ch 4
Question | Answer |
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belief that everything (people, animals, trees, water, etc.) has a spirit | animism |
study of past human cultures | archaeology |
ancient | archaic |
object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical significance | artifact |
tool used in spear throwing | atlatl |
person who eats human flesh | cannibal |
written record | historic |
person who survived by hunting and gathering food | hunter gatherers |
social and cultural system in which name and property is passed through the female | matriarchal |
practice of using everything the land has to offer | maximum forest efficiency |
layer of anciently discarded seashells and other waste items | midden |
new or different | Neo |
prehistoric | Paleo |
hardened balls of clay used by poverty point people to regulate cooking temperatures | Poverty Points objects |
before recorded history | prehistoric |
embankment or levee | rampart |
priest or holy person | shaman |
sacred symbol | totem |
building material made of vines, cane, mud, moss, and animal hair | waddle and daub |
burial practice in which remnants of dead bodies were placed in a bag and buried | bundle burial |