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What Artifacts Were F ound at the Site ?

Discover cache pits, roasting pits, knives, points, and more at the M-231 archaeology site. Learn about the timeline and resources of this ancient location.

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What Artifacts Were F ound at the Site ?

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  1. What Artifacts Were Found at the Site? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  2. Features like cache pits and roasting pits were found at the M-231 site. Many artifacts were also discovered at the site. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  3. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  4. Artifact 1 What do you think it is? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  5. Archaeologists think this is a knife. Knife This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  6. Was this all there was to a knife? Knife This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  7. Knife https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/paleoplanet69529/imageproxy.php?url=http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo242/ken_walker/ArchaicHaftedKnife.jpg This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  8. PROJECTILE POINTS Knife Spear Point or Knife Spear Point Arrow Point Knife This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  9. Do you think all of these were used during the same time period? Why or why not? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  10. Place them in order from oldest to newest. E C D A B This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  11. A about 6000 years ago This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  12. A D about 6000 years ago about 3000 years ago This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  13. A D C about 6000 years ago about 3000 years ago about 2500 years ago This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  14. A D C E about 6000 years ago about 1500 years ago about 3000 years ago about 2500 years ago This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  15. A D C E B about 6000 years ago about 1500 years ago about 900 years ago about 3000 years ago about 2500 years ago This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  16. What might this tell us about the site? 6000 years ago 900 years ago A D C E B about 6000 years ago about 1500 years ago about 900 years ago about 3000 years ago about 2500 years ago

  17. It was used by people for thousands of years. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  18. 6000 years ago 900 years ago Why was this place used by so many different groups of people over such a long period of time? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  19. The landscape provided a good place to gather, hunt, process, cook and store food. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Karl_Bodmer_Travels_in_America_%2872%29.jpg terrace terrace floodplain river This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  20. It also provided many different resources the groups needed. What were some of them? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  21. Wild Rice Sturgeon berries deer and other animals nuts freshwater mussels This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  22. What was found besides projectile points? Knife Spear Point or Knife Spear Point Arrow Point Knife This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  23. Artifact 2 What do you think it is? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  24. Archaeologists think this is a nutting stone. It was used to crack nuts. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  25. Artifact 3 What do you think it is? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  26. Archaeologists think this was a net sinker. It was used to weigh down a fishing net. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  27. What artifacts can you see in this photograph? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  28. These are the artifacts that were found in the feature shown in the last photograph. They are pieces of pottery. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  29. 1. What do you think these pieces were part of? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  30. These pieces were part of a large pot. It was probably used to store or cook food. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  31. Sometimes archaeologists try to put the pieces of a pot like this back together. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

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  40. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  41. The pieces of pottery from the M-231 site were part of a container like this. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  42. Can you see now how archaeology is like putting a puzzle together? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

  43. But there is a problem! A lot of the pieces are missing!

  44. Archaeologists never have the complete picture! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

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