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17 Cards in this Set
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LEGEND
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Legends are oral traditions passed from parents to children over many generations.
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RUINS
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Remains of something, usually a home or other structure, that has been destroyed.
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DISINTEGRATED
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Natural destruction or breaking down.
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ARTIFACTS
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Objects such as tools, weapons, pots, baskest or jewelry made by humans.
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS
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Scientists who study ruins and artifacts to learn about people who lived long ago.
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PRIMARY SOURCES
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buriel sites how groups buried their dead.
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prehistoric
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different groups of people who lived before any written records were made of them.
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HISTORIC
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INDIANS ARE PEOPLE ABOUT WHOM WE DO HAVE WRITTEN RECORDS.
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SINEW
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ANIMAL TENDONS.
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MATRILINEAL
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tHE FAMILY LINEAGE WAS TRACED THROUGH THE WOMAN'S FAMILY INSTEAD OF THE MAN'S. LENAPE CULTURE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.
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ELDERS
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THOSE THOUGHT TO HAVE WISDOM AND POWER. USUALLY OLDER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
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WAMPUM
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GOODS THAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE SACRED AND USED AS MONEY TO BUY THINGS.
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PALISADE
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LARGE FENCE OF STRONG LOG POLESLACED WITH SMALLER BRANCHES.
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ANIMISM
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MODERM TERM FOR BELIEF THAT BOTH LIVING AND NON LIVING THINGS IN NATURE HAVE SPIRITS ;EITHER GOOD OR EVIL,
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MAIZE
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CORN
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MORTAR
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A BOWL AND HAND TOOL USED TO CRUSH SPICES, ROOTS, BERRIES, ETC.
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FIRE BRAND
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A COOKING AREA
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