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Land & Early People
Georgia Prehistoric Indians
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Beringia | land bridge formed between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago between Asia and North America, land exposed when water receded due to massive ice glaciers |
| Oral Tradition | system in which older persons in a family repeated narrative of events over and over until younger generations memorized them |
| Culture | beliefs, traditions, music, art, and social institutions of a group of people who share common experiences |
| Archaeologist | dig into the earth to find artifacts that will tell us something about early inhabitants |
| Artifact | pottery shards, weapons, tools, jewelry, or items made by people |
| Anthropologist | use artifacts, cave drawings, well-traveled paths, and oral history to study the culture of a group |
| Paleo | Greek means "very old" |
| Nomadic | roaming, wandering from place to place following large animal herds |
| Archaic | old, 3 distinct time spans= early, middle, and late |
| Horticulture | the science of cultivating plants and trees, began in the late Archaic period |
| Shards | pieces |
| Tribe | a group of people who share a common ancestry, name, and way of living |
| Palisade | fence made of sharpened stakes |
| Retaliation | the act of striking back or getting even |
| Clan | a group of people who believe themselves related by blood |
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