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Prehistoric Era of Texas

Prehistoric Era of Texas. Notes will help us understand the period of Texas where there wereno written records. Vocabulary. Era - period of time from a specific date serving as the basis from a chronological system.

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Prehistoric Era of Texas

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  1. Prehistoric Era of Texas Notes will help us understand the period of Texas where there wereno written records.

  2. Vocabulary • Era- period of time from a specific date serving as the basis from a chronological system. • Artifacts- tools, weapons and other objects that show how people lived in the past. • Prehistory- period of time where there were no written records about humans. • Historian- a person who is an authority on history, and who studies and writes about it. • Archaeologist- a scientist who digs beneath the ground to find evidence of past cultures.

  3. Indians in Texas • Early man first entered Texas during the Ice Age; Nomadic Tribes followed animals across the Bering Strait in search of food.

  4. Paleo-Indian Era (92000B.C.-6000B.C.) • Nomadic people, thought to be the first to live in the Western Hemisphere. • They mainly Hunted and had two cultures: • Llano Culture- hunted Mammoths and giant Mastodons. • Folsom Culture- better weapons than Llano, with the use of the buffalos’ horns and bones. Also used the Atlatl (spear throwing stick). • Main source of food was the Buffalo.

  5. Archaic Era- (6000 B.C.- 500A.D.) • Hunted many animals including the buffalo, deer, elk, bears and small game. Also spread different fruit seeds around the area. • Their Artifacts have been found around Edward’s Plateau. • More advanced than the Paleo-Indians due to their use of better weapons ,such as drills, scrapers and harpoons. • Depended more on plants than hunting for animals and had a special gift for domesticating, (taming) wild animals.

  6. Formative Era- (500A.D.-1500A.D.) • In this era the people experience a new way of life, the Bow and Arrow are invented; pottery is taken up. • The people discover a new way to bring food in by starting to plant corn (maize), tomatoes, pumpkins, peanuts, cotton and tobacco. • The population of the people increased, and people lived longer.

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