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UTAH’S EARLY PEOPLE. PALEO-INDIANS. 11,000-13,000 Years Ago. PALEO-INDIANS. Archaeologists found leather scraps, pieces of string, nets of twine, fabric, basic fragments, and bone and wood tools such as knives and millstones in Danger and Hogup Cave. PALEO-INDIANS.
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PALEO-INDIANS 11,000-13,000 Years Ago
PALEO-INDIANS • Archaeologists found leather scraps, pieces of string, nets of twine, fabric, basic fragments, and bone and wood tools such as knives and millstones in Danger and Hogup Cave
PALEO-INDIANS Lived in Utah and all over North America up to Canada
PALEO-INDIANS • Nomadic hunters, traveled for food, never settled for long • Ate seeds, buts, wild plants • Hunted saber-toothed tiger, wooly mammoth
PALEO-INDIANS Chipped hard stones for points, lashed to strong sticks for spears
ARCHAIC PEOPLE • Archaic People/Desert Gatherers • Lived in Utah and North America for 6400 years after Paleo-Indians were gone • Wicki-ups that moved from place to place—nomadic • Lived off the land for food and animals • Made baskets for food, carrying and water, shoes, ropes, string, thread, nets, traps, robes, blankets • Major weapon: Atlatl (spear thrower)
ARCHAIC PEOPLE • Wicki-ups that moved from place to place—nomadic
ARCHAIC PEOPLE • Collected duck eggs • Fished for trout • Cattails • Hunted deer • Gathered berries and nuts
ARCHAIC PEOPLE Hunted with the atlatl
ANASAZI • Anasazi People • Lived along San Juan River in 4-corners area • Pit houses—permanent villages • Hunted and gathered and farmed also • Built dams/reservoirs for water because land was dry • Made bows and arrows • We do not know why they left the area
ANASAZI Lived in the four corners region Called the “Ancient Ones”
ANASAZI • Pit houses—permanent villages
ANASAZI Cliff dwellings
ANASAZI • Built dams/reservoirs for water because land was dry • Floodplain agriculture
ANASAZI Domesticated turkeys
ANASAZI Grew • Pumkins • Squash • Beans Food storage allowed them time to develop culture. What is culture?
ANASAZI • Hunted with bows and arrows
ANASAZI Developed religious practices • Kivas
ANASAZI Cannablism
ANASAZI Mysteriously disappeared • Drought • Conquered by enemy tribes • Migrated to new lands
FREMONT PEOPLE They are named after the Fremont River where many of the artifacts were found
FREMONT PEOPLE Lived in Pit Houses
FREMONT PEOPLE • Most Fremont people were full time farmers • They grew corn, beans, and squash in small pots along the rivers • Also continued to be hunter/gathers to survive