| A | B |
|---|
| People that survived by searching for wild plants and animals to eat. | hunter-gatherers |
| the time before written records | prehistory |
| objects made by humans that show how they once lived | artifacts |
| scientists who study and learn about past cultures from the artifacts they find | archaeologists |
| pictures drawn or painted on cave walls, ledges, and cliffs | pictographs |
| carvings made in rock | petroglyphs |
| measuring the amount of carbon-14 in a former living object to determine the age | carbon dating |
| DNA is long narrow string-like object, full of cells, that governs inheritance of ey color, hair color, bone density, etc, of human and animal traits, and is unique to each individual | DNA testing |
| dried meat mixed with animal fat and berries | pemmican |
| a 2ft stick with a wooden hook to hold the spear's shaft; a weapon used to increase the throwers force | atlatl |
| 2 or more extended families under one leader | band |
| alliance of people that unite for a common purpose | confederacies |
| cone shaped tent made of poles covered in animal skins | tipis |
| something passed from parent to child | hereditary |
| people who wander from place to place in search of food | nomad |
| people who help each other for mutual benefit | allies |
| large structures built for many families to live in; also means town | pueblos |
| a mix of wet clay and straw, shaped into bricks and dried in the sun | adobe |
| a large room used for meetings and/or religious ceremonies | kiva |
| a person sent to a place to convert its people to a new religion | missionaries |
| land set aside by the U.S. government for use by Indian peoples | reservation |
| wild pigs | javelinas |
