Archeology the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts inscriptions monuments and other such remains especially those that have been excavated ID: 1021367
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1. Unit 2 Key TermsSection 1Archeology- the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated. anthropologistarcheologist tribeshale antiquitiesculturehorticultureclan
2. First PeopleBering Land Bridge (Beringia)- the route the earliest humans used to cross over to what is now known as North America (10,000 BC - 8,000 BC)
3. Beringia
4. Possible theoriesBering Strait theory- early people migrated from Eurasia over land bridge connecting North America to what is now Siberia.
5. Kennewick Manhttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/kennewick-man-an-ambassador-from-the-past/
6. Time linePaleo-Indian Period (10,000 – 8000 B.C.)Archaic Period (8000 - 1000 B.C.)Woodland Period (1000 B.C. – 1000 A.D.)Mississippian Period (1000 A.D.- 1600)