Prehistoric Cultures of Tennessee

The FIRST or OLDEST Prehistoric Culture found in Tennessee

a large, extinct elephant-like animal the Paleo people hunted

A scientist that studies human history and the past from fossils and artifacts

A time period when large sheets of ice covered the Earth ;during this time the Paleo people migrated

A famous Paleo Culture Site in Brentwood, TN where mastodons were found

to uncover or remove from digging out of the ground or soil

These are people that move from place to place

This means for something to no longer be in existence

An advancement to the spear by the ARCHAIC people; it attached to the spear and allowed the thrower to throw with more force

Our SECOND culture in Tennessee: hunted smaller animals after mastodons went extinct and gathered fruits and berries; created the atlatl