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study stack for history chapter 4
Term | Definition |
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Animism | the belief that everything has a spirit |
Archaeology | the study of past human cultures |
Archaic | ancient |
Artifact | an object produced or shaped by human craft especially a tool weapon or ornament of archaeological or historical significance |
Atlatl | a tool used in spear throwing |
Bundle Burial | a burial practice in which remnants of dead bodies were placed in a bag and buried |
Cannibal | a person who eat human flesh |
Historic | written record |
Hunter Gatherers | a person who survived by hunting and gathering food |
Matriarchal | a social and cultural system in which name and property is passed through the female |
Maximum Forest Efficiency | he practice of using everything the land has to offer |
Midden | a layer of anciently discarded seashells and other waste items |
Neo | new or different |
Paleo | prehistoric |
Poverty Points Objects | harden balls of clay used by poverty point people to regulate cooking temperatures |
Prehistoric | before recorded history |
Rampart | an embankment or levee |
Shaman | a priest or holy person |
Totem | a scared symbol |
Waddle and Daub | a building material made of vines cane mud moss and animal hair |