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LA History Ch 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |