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| archaeologist | an expert in archaeology that studies people and customs of ancient times from the ruins of cities |
| bison | an animal with a large shaggy head, strong frontlegs and short, thick, curved horns |
| artifact | a thing or object made by people |
| game | wild animals and fish or birds hunted or caught for food and sport |
| bog | soft wet ground |
| plaza | a public square in a city or town |
| copper | a reddish brown metal that is an excellent carrier of electricity |
| mammoth | a huge hairy elephant-like animal with long curved tusks that no longer exists |
| design | the arrangement of form or detail and color |
| prehistoric | having to do with the time before people began writing down what happened in their lives |
| mastodon | a very large animal like an elephant that no longer lives on earth |
| hominy | a food made from hulled corn |
| succotash | a food of beans and corn cooked together |
| parka | a hooded jacket worn in cold weather |
| fringe | something on the edge |
| descendent | a family member from a later generation |
| ancestor | a relative or family member who lived long ago |
| century | a period of one hundred years |
| Osage Indians | most powerful tribe living in Missouri when the European explorers came |
| Mississippi People | lived in large well-planned cities |
| Early hunters | Used spears to kill large game animals |
| Hopewell People | the first real Indian farmers in Missouri |
