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Earliest Lifeways In Montana

Lesson 1-6th Grade IEFA

Early Geography of Montana

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Prehistoric Map IMap courtesy of Montana Historical Society

Asia

Canada

Montana

North AmericaWestern Hemisphere

Bering Strait

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Old North Trail Map

http://russell.visitmt.com/historictrails/oldnorthtrail.htm

http://browningmontana.com/attractions.html

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Vocabulary

The vocabulary terms used in this presentation were taken from many sources.

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ancienthaving had an existence of many years

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archaeology

study of past cultures through the things that remain, such as buildings, tools, or pottery.

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artifacts

objects made by people long ago

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atlatl

a device for throwing a spear or dart that consists of a rod or board with a projection (as a hook) at the end to hold the weapons in place until releasedhttp://www.hollowtop.com/atlatlbob.htm

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biomesplaces that have distinct climates and types of plants and animals

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bisonany of several large shaggy-maned recent or extinct bovine mammals having a large head with short horns and heavy forequarters surmounted by a large fleshy hump

sometimes called a buffalo

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chert

a rock resembling flint and consisting essentially of a large amount of fibrous chalcedony with smaller amounts of cryptocrystalline quartz and amorphous silica

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Clovis

a city in New Mexico where archaeologists found clues to humans who lived in the region more than 11,000 years ago

the well established human culture in North America named for the city

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culture

Includes the technology, customs, beliefs and art of peoples that can be described as the way individuals and groups interact with their environment

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descendants

Those who have proceeded from an ancestor or source

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expedition

a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose

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flint

a material used for producing a spark; especially: an alloy (as of iron and cerium)

A hard quartz that produces a spark when struck by steel

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mammothany of a genus of large hairy extinct elephants

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mastodon

any of various extinct mammals of the elephant family existing from the Miocene through the Pleistocene that are distinguished from the related mammoths chiefly by molar teeth with cone-shaped cusps

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migration

The movement of humans or animals from one country or place to another

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preservation

the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

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projectile points

Another term for arrowheads

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research

the collection of information about a particular subject

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technology

the body of tools and other implements produced by a given society

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Discussion Questions I

1. How do you think Indians came to Montana?

2. Why is geography so important?

3. What type of animals lived in prehistoric Montana?

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Discussion Questions II

4. What type of artifacts could have been found in Montana?

5. Why are artifacts so important to us?

6. How do artifacts affect what we know about life in prehistoric Montana?

7. What kinds of technology did man use for weapons?

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Links

Atlatlhttp://www.hollowtop.com/atlatlbob.htm

Clovishttp://achaeology.about/od/cterms/g/clovis.htm

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Clipart/Clovis-Point-Arrowheads-1.html