Prehistoric Native Texans

OPTIC

Vocabulary• Prehistoric – before written history• Adapt – to make suitable to conditions or

requirements• Extinct – no longer existing• Nomad – one who moves from place to place with

no permanent home• Civilizations – a culture with a complex social

structure and developments such as cities, trade, art, government, writing, and science

• Culture – the pattern of knowledge, beliefs, behaviors, and traits that characterize a group of people

Paleo-IndiansCulture Time

PeriodRegion of Texas

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 of Texas

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 of Texas

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 of

TexasHome 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 of

TexasHome 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