| A | B |
|---|
| prehistory | the period before people began to keep records |
| migrate | to leave one place and settle in another |
| ritual | a series of actions performed in a religious or other ceremony |
| artifact | pieces of stone, bone, pottery, and tools left behind by ancient peoples |
| nomads | someone who wanders from place to place |
| palisade | a fence made of pointed stakes that was 12-20 feet tall |
| anthropologist | scientists who study the origins and development of man |
| culture | a way of life |
| hieroglyphics | pictures or symbols used to represent sounds, words, or ideas |
| archeologist | scientists who search for artifacts in the ground |
| projectile point | a sharpened stone that prehistoric Indians attached to a spear or an arrow and used for hunting |
| hominy | a mixture of corn, water, and lye |
