Archaic+Tradition

=‍**The Archaic Tradition**= ===‍__Research the culture of the Archaic-Indians in Wisconsin by searching for information on:__===
 * Pre-European Peoples of Wisconsin**
 * their __Lifeways__,**
 * __Climate__ they lived in,**
 * __Environment__ they lived in,**
 * what their __Settlements__ looked like,**
 * what __Food__ they ate,**
 * what __Tools__ they used,**
 * and**
 * how they organized their society (__Social/Political__).**

Discover information, as well as **pictures** and/or **sketches**.

Post your discoveries on this page. Be sure to include your name and write in complete sentences! Posted by Joe smith __**Archaic period**__ Scarves.
 * Lifeways:**They were hunters and gathers and also were
 * TIME**: they lived around 8,000-500 B.C.E and in this time there was not of glaciers around but thier was some in the north. **Climate:** glaciers retreated - grew warmer and it got warmer durning the end of the ice age peroid.**Environment:** They had oak, hickory and maple forests replaced the evergreens.**Settlement:** They lived in small groups.**Food:** They ate Deer, elk, Bighorn sheep, Rabbits, bears and berries and other kinds of plants.**Tools:** they had knives, Fishing hooks and they had carring baskets for food.**Toolkits:** They had Bone drills, carring baskets, Fire drills. **Household:** they moved from place to place.**Religion/Rituals**: Do not know what thay were.**Social/political:** It was probably based on family.**how different from previous group:** well the ate different kinds of foods than the paleos did.**Major world events:** It grew warmer doing their time period.

Posted by Cody Hallman the Archaic lived in thee time of 8,000-500 B.C.E. before the Archaic moved from place to place more then they do now. They use (axes/flakes and knives) to hunt. They had to adapt to the environment. The Archaic did individual hunted. They decorated with ceremonial stuff.

Archaic

Lifeways: hunters& gatherers for food& water.

Climate: glaciers went north it was wormer& more greens.

Enviroment: oak, hickery&maple trees.

Settlement: small bands in seasonal camps.

Food: small game mainly deer

Tool: most of the same tools.

Social/political: based on family.

by ethan briese

Posted by Cody Sandleback

LIFEWAYS- The Archaic Indians were different than the Paleo Indians because they were hunters and gathers. The Archaic Indians were hunters and gathers because the glaciers were gone so there was more plant life. CLIMATE-it got warmer so the glaciers melted to end the ice age. ENVIRONMENT- forests now grew that took over most of the evergreens. Oak, hickory, and maple forests. SETTLEMENT- the Archaic people now weren’t moving as much and staying in groups of 25 to 30 instead of 15 to 25 as the Paleo people did. FOOD-they mostly ate deer but there was other animals like big horn sheep, rabbits, and other small animals. Now sense the glaciers were retreating new plant live began to grow. So they also had wild berries and other edible plants. TOOLS- they now had drills made out of bone, knives, atlatls, and baskets for caring food. **Social/ political-** we think it based on family.

Posted by Austen Wallenfang


 * __Lifeways:__** the Archaic people were hunters and gatherers. Gatherers started to appear because the glaciers were melting.
 * __Climate:__** Up until the Archaic times the temperature was cold. Because Glaciers started to retreat it slowly got warmer, soon it rose higher than it is today, then it dropped to today’s temperature.
 * __Environment:__** in the Archaic environment there were Oak,Hickory, and maple tree forests that replaced most of the evergreens, more animals started to appear more.
 * __Settlements:__** the bands of people started to get bigger, now they were 25-30 people. As the glaciers melted they stayed in seasonal places, territories were developing. In the winter they lived in caves or rock-shelters.
 * __Food:__** there was a large variety of both large, such as deer and elk, moose and caribou were north ofWisconsin. The small game was like raccoon, rabbits, birds and beavers. Fruits, nuts, seeds and berries were also important.
 * __Tools:__** the use of copper began to appear, both on spear points and decorative and ceremonial objects. They also used axes to chop down trees.
 * __Social/political:__** the groups were still based on family. There was more individual hunting, because you don’t need ten people to kill one rabbit.

Posted by Daniel Krause Life ways- Like the Paleo Indians, the Archaic were also hunters and gatherers. Many people called them the late Paleo, but one big difference is the Archaic also hunted smaller game. Climate- The climate was much warmer now. Most of the ice melted, the glaciers were gone, and the pine trees were replaced by oak trees. Now that the snow was gone there were more seeds. Settlement- They still did not settle for very long but now they moved when the season changed. Now they carried heaver things place to place because they stayed in one spot longer then the Paleo. They also now had baskets to hold all there goods. Food- The food was much different then what the Paleo ate. Instead of just hunting the big game they hunted more little game like rabit. But their main diet was nuts, berries, seeds, and fruits. Also instead of hunting as a group they hunted individually. Environment- The environment was WAY different. There were plants every where and that is how they got their food, from the plants. Also most the evergreens were gone and now there were forest of oak, hickory, and maple. Tools- The tools were very much like the Paleos. They still had the projectile points, flakes, and scrapers. Something new they had was copper. They mainly used the copper to make axes but they might have also used it to make knives. Social/Political- Every thing still based in the family, but people were now very independent in almost every thing they did, especially Hunting.

By Branden Drews
 * __ LIFEWAYS: __** The Archaic Indian’s life ways were, they were hunters and gatherers. They lived between 8500-500 B.C. The Archaic Indians are different from the Paleo Indians because they hunted more small game instead of large game and they also became more of gatherers because there went as many animals.
 * __ CLIMATE: __** The climate of the Archaic Indians was a lot different than the paleo. The temperature got warmer and it got much hotter, so the glaciers retreated.
 * __ ENVIRONMENT: __** The Environment changed a lot. When the glaciers retreated and the temperature raised all the evergreen trees left and oak, hickory, and maple forest took there place.
 * __ SETTLEMENT: __** The settlement changed from the Paleo time to the archaic time because, the population of the groups has got larger and they don’t travel around as much, they stay in the same place. They also don’t allow new people to join there group. Another thing they did was they were able to develop territories.
 * __ FOOD: __** The Archaic Indians were different than the Paleo Indians in there regards to food because, the big game animals went north because the glaciers retreated. The archaic Indians hunted more small game, fruit, nuts, seeds and berries.
 * __ TOOLS: __** The Archaic Indians used most of the same tools as the Paleo Indians. Some of the tools they used were; spear point, atlatl, knives, modified flakes, hammertoes, ground stone axes, and hunting stones.
 * __ SOCIAL POLITICAL: __** They were mostly based on family, they did more individualized hunting because there weren’t any big game animals there so you didn’t need 20 people to go and kill a animal. One person could simply go out and kill a animal.


 * Posted by Max Johnson:**

For life ways the Archaic were hunters and gathers. They lived in the time of 8,000-500 B.C.E. Their climate was warmer than the Paleos, because the glaciers started retreating. Their environment was oak, hickory and maple forests that replaced the evergreens in the South. They lived in small bands at seasonal camps, because the temperature was warmer and they didn’t have to move as much. There was about 25-30 people in a camp also they started making territories. They mostly ate meat like deer, elk, turkey, and rabbits, but since the climate was warmer they also ate nuts, seeds, fruits, and berries. Most of the tools the Archaic used were the same tools the Paleo used, but the Archaic had axes made out of copper. Some of the main tools the Archaic Indians used were spear points, atlatl, knives, modified flakes, because they needed different sizes of flakes sometimes, hammer stones, ground stone axes, and nutting stones. max is bad

Posted by: Andre Dosogne


 * __Life ways:__** They were mostly hunters and gatherers. They were now hunting individually because the mastodons and mammoths were not around. They were also more confident with their hunting and skills.
 * __Climate:__** The glaciers are retreating to the north and the temperature was getting much, much warmer. This means that the people will be able to hunt different kinds of animals.
 * __Environment:__** There were Oak,Hickory and maple forests now that replaced the Evergreens forests in the southern part of WI. This also helped different animals grow in population.
 * __Settlement:__** small bands in seasonal camps 25- 30 people. Roving less and territories were beginning to develop. They were beginning to settle down
 * __Tools:__** about the same as the last period and also they were getting smarter with engineering their tools.

By Sully DeCramer

Their Lifeways were hunters and gatherers hunting mostly small game like deer and rabbits they gathered a lot of nuts mostly acorn they also gathered some berries. The climate that they lived in had gotten warmer than when the Paleo Indians lived in it also was warmer than it is now, the evergreens got kind of out numbered by deciduous trees and because it got warmer the glaciers retreated. The environment was full of grasslands and hickory, maple, and oak. The settlements that they had were small seasonal camps with 25 to 30 people roving from place to place in different seasons. The food that they ate was small game such as deer, rabbit, and some elk, they also ate lots of nuts and berries. The tools that they had were mostly like the Paleo Indians except they used axes and atlatl’s. the social and political aspects that they had was mostly based on family but they started doing more individualized things like only one person would go out hunting for things because you don’t need a lot of people to kill a rabbit.