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(TXHST) Ch 3 Prehistoric Cultures
Texas, Our Texas
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| prehistoric era | no written records |
| archaeologists | search for evidence of the past |
| anthropologists | use information obtained by researchers |
| fossils | remains of humans, animals, and plants |
| artifacts | tools, weapons, and other relics |
| cultures | ways of life |
| historians | use knowledge gained from scientists and scholars to write accurate history |
| nomadic | move around searching for food |
| Paleo-Americans | first settlers in North America |
| mammoths | ancestors of the elephant |
| atlatl | spear-throwing stick |
| extinct | disappeared |
| Archaic era | replaced the Paleo-American culture |
| domesticate | to tame animals |
| Neo-American | Replaced the Acrhaic era |
| agriculture | farming |
| maize | corn |
| astronomy | study of the stars |
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