Prehistoric Native Texans
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Prehistoric Native Texans
Paleo-IndiansCulture Time
PeriodRegion Home Food Lifestyle
Paleo-Indians
10,000 – 6000 BCE
“Midland Minnie”
Asia to North America over land bridge during ice age
???Tools – Flint tipped spears, stones
Hunted mammoths, mastodons and wild buffalo (extinct)
Nomadic
Archaic PeriodCulture Time
PeriodRegion Home Food Lifestyle
Archaic Period (Ice Age Ends)
6000 BCE – 700 AD
“Abilene Man”
Throughout North America
???Tools – Atlatl, tamed dogs
Hunted buffalo, deer antelope, gathered wild roots and berries
Nomadic
Late Prehistoric PeriodCulture Time
PeriodRegion Home Food Lifestyle
Late Prehistoric Period
700 AD – 1500 AD
Throught North America
VillagesTools: potter, bows and arrows, stone axes, bone fishhooks
Planted crops, hunted buffalo, deer, fish, and rabbits
Settled, agricultural
MayansCulture Time
PeriodRegion Home Food Lifestyle
Mayans
300 AD – 900 AD
Collapsed for reasons unknown
Mesoamerica - southern Mexico
VillagesTrade, religious centers, pyramidsTools: pottery
Planted cropsCorn, beans, squash
Settled
TENOCHTITLAN
AztecsCultur
eTime
PeriodRegion Home Food Lifestyle
Aztecs
1200 AD – 1500 AD
Collapsed after explorers came
Mesoamerica – Central America
Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)Giant temples and pyramids
Planted crops: Beans, corn, squash
Settled