Pre-European+Peoples+of+Wisconsin+-+Paleo+Tradition

=**Pre-European Peoples of Wisconsin**= =**The Paleo Tradition**=

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 * __Climate__ they lived in,**
 * __Environment__ they lived in,**
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 * what __Food__ they ate,**
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Mammoth during the Paleo Indian Tradition

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 * Posted by Max: ** For life ways the Paleo were big game hunters. They lived in 10,000-8,000 B.C.E. Their climate was glaciers and driftless area. Their environment was pine trees and glaciers. They lived in small bands of 15-25 people, and they did not spend very much time in the same place, because they would move a lot. They ate mostly meat like mastodons, mammoths, elk, caribou, and deer. In the time of the Paleo it was cold, so there weren’t very many plants that's why they ate meat. The Paleo needed tools to get their food some tools they used were spear points, scrapers, and flakes. Their toolkit was spear points, drills, knifes, and hammers stones. Archaeologist didn't find much of the Paleo household items, but they guess that they used light objects made out of animal skin. Nobody knows what religion the Paleo where. Social Organization was probably based on the family for the Paleo. Paleo were the first group. Major world events for them were agriculture in the Middle East.

By Branden Drews
 * __LIFEWAYS:__** The life ways of the Paleo Indians were big game hunters.
 * __CLIMATE:__** The climate that the Paleo Indians live in was very cold the land was mostly covered with glaciers and pine trees.
 * __ENVIRONMENT:__** The environment was glaciers in the north and driftless areas in the south, there environment that they lived in would be like a modern dayCanada orAlaska.
 * __SETTLEMANT:__** The Paleo Indians lived in roving bands of 15-25 people thet lived in temporary camps.
 * __FOOD:__** The Paleo Indians ate a lot of meat. The meat they ate was mastodons, mammoths, elk, caribou, and deer. They ate a little bit of plants but not a lot because there wasn’t a lot of plants because it was all frozen.
 * __TOOLS:__** The tools they used are spear points, scrapers, and flakes.
 * __SOCIAL/POLITICAL:__** They all stayed as a family. Sometimes another tribes would join each other.

Posted by Daniel Krause Life ways- The Paleo Indians where a small group of nomads. They hunted big game animals but also were scavengers. Climate- It was very cold, like northernCanadanow days. Also a lot of the water in the northern parts of the oceans was frozen in the glaciers. Environment-The environment was very cold. there were lots of pine trees and spruces. Settlements- They did not settle, like I said before they were nomads, and they just followed the animals. Food- The Paleo Indians were big game hunters they ate mammoths, mastodons, elks, caribou, and deer. They also were scavengers and ate what they found. Tools- Their main tools were projectile points, Scrapers, and modified flakes. The projectile points were spear heads that they used to kill the animals. Social/political- every thing was based on the family, and stayed in the family. Sometimes tribes would join together.

Posted by Cody sandleback

The polio Indians where big game hunters. There climate was glaciers and Drifted areas also with pine trees. They lived in groups of 15 to 25 people. They killed for there food. They had deer, caribou, elk, and mammoths. There tools where spear points and scrapers.

Posted by: Andre Dosogne: Life ways: Big game hunters Time: 10,000-8,000 B.C.EClimate: Glaciers and Drift less Areas Environment: Glaciers in Northern WI, Drift less Areas in Southwest WI Settlement: Small roving bands of 15-20 people in camps Food: Dig game; mastodons, mammoths, elk, caribou Tools: Spear points were important and for hunting Toolkit: Spear points, scrapers and knives Household: few artifacts are left. They used lightweight skins/hides Religion/Rituals: We simply do not know. Social/Political: their groups are based on groups and friends. Bands of 15-20 How are they different than the last period: This is the first group in WI Major World events in this time: Origins of Agriculture in Middle East

By: Sully DeCramer Climate: The climate the Paleo Indians lived in was Glaciers and driftless area. Environment: The environment the Paleo Indians lived in was evergreens, pines, and shrubs Lifeways: The Paleo Indians lifeways were Big Game Hunters Settlements: The settlements they lived in were small roving groups of 15 to 25 people Foods: The Paleo Indians ate mastodons, mammoths, elk, caribou, and deer. Tools: The tools the Paleo Indians had were spear points, scrapers and flakes.

posted by Joey Grams Life ways- The way the live is how the act and stuff. For example they are Big Game Hunter. Climate- Glaciers Northern and non Glaciers south. Environment- glaciers that is northern there is nothing in the south Food- big game hunter Settlement- small land inWisconsin Tools- they had spears and other weapons J

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 * Posted by Sebastian Nowicki**
 * Life ways:** The Paleo Indians were a group of people who roamed around, scavenging for food, and banding together to hunt big game, hence their name; “Big Game Hunters.”
 * Climate__:__** A cold and tundra like climate in northern and most of the southern part of wisconsin, it looked much like the tundra of Canada today.
 * Environment:** A cold envoirment with lots of cold resistant coniferous forests. Ideal climate for animals from that time period like wooly mammoths, and mastodon.
 * Settlements:** The paleo Indians traveled in groups of 10-20, and didn’t stay in one place long enough for a settlement, since they were big game hunters, they moved with the herd of animals they were following. However, when they would settle down for short periods of time, they would set up light and easy to carry houses, since they needed to be mobile.
 * Food:** The paleo indians hunted large game like buffalo, wooly mammoth, and mastodon. They would attack in a large group, or try and use the enviorment to their advantage to kill the animals. The hunters and gatherers prefered finding wounded, or killed animals, to reduce the risk of the death of a member of the group.
 * Tools:** The paleo had tools like spears, projectile points, knives made of broken stone, sharp modified flakes, and stone axes.

By:ethan briese

Lifeways: big game hunters

Climate: glaciers driftlessared

Environment: pinetrees

Settlement:small roving bands of 15-25 people

Food:mastodons,mammoths,ect….

Tools:spearpoints

Posted by Collin Schultz Their life ways were big game hunters Their time was 10,000- 8,00 BC Their environment was glaciers and driftless areas Their settlement was 15- 25 people in tempory camps Their food was mainly mammoths Their tools were spear points, scrapers, and modified flakes

Posted by Joe Smith


 * __Life ways:__** The Paleo Indians were big time hunters
 * __Time:__** The Paleo Indians lived around 10,000- 8,000 B.C.E.
 * __Climate:__** The Paleo Indians lived with glaciers and drift less area.
 * __Environment__**: The Paleo Indians lived with no glacier in northern area an south west is a drift less area.
 * __Settlement:__** The Paleo Indians settled in small bands of 15 to 25 people lived in temporary camps.
 * __Food:__** The Paleo Indians ate mastodons, wooly mammoths, elk, caribou and deer. Limited plant food because.
 * __Tools:__** The paleo Indians used spear points and the spear point were vey helpful because it helped them take done big animals.**__Toolkit:__** The Paleo Indians used Spear and scrapers and rock hammers.
 * __Household:__** The paleo Indians use light weigh objects and skin to build their houses.
 * __Religion/rituals:__** We don’t know about their religion and rituals.
 * __Social/political:__** Social organization was probably based on the family.
 * __How different from previous Group:__** the paleo Indians were the first group inWisconsin.
 * __Major world events:__** 9,000 B.C.E origins of agriculture in theMiddle East.


 * Posted by: Andre Dosogne ** :

Life ways: Big game hunters. They were hunters and gathers that used all of the parts of the Mammoths and Mastodons. Time: 10,000-8,000 B.C.E. Climate: Glaciers and Drift less Areas. Drift less Areas are where the Glaciers did not cover and Environment: Glaciers in Northern WI, Drift less Areas in Southwest WI Settlement: Small roving bands of 15-20 people in camps Food: Dig game; mastodons, mammoths, elk, caribou Tools: Spear points were important and for hunting Toolkit: Spear points, scrapers and knives Household: few artifacts are left. They used lightweight skins/hides Religion/Rituals: We simply do not know. Social/Political: their groups are based on groups and friends. Bands of 15-20 How they are different than the last period: This is the first group in WI Major World events in this time: Origins of Agriculture in Middle East

__**Paleo People**__ Posted By: Jake Seibert
 * Life Ways**- Big game hunters
 * Climate**- Glaciers & drift less areas
 * Environment**- Pine Trees
 * Settlement**- Small roving bands of 15-25 people in temporary camps
 * Food**- Mastodons, mammoth, elk, caribou, & deer. Limited plant food
 * Tools**- Spear points, scrapers, and modified flakes

By: Sully DeCramer

Lifeways: the Paleo Indians lifeways were hunters and gatherers, they would gather wild plants and shellfish, and they would hunt for mammoths, mastodons, elk, and deer. Climate: The climate that they lived in was glaciers in the north and driftless area in the south the areas were mostly covered in pine trees shrubs and spruces. Environment: the environment that they lived in was very cold covered in mostly glaciers but with pine tree and shrubs with small rivers and ponds. Settlements: their settlements were small roving bands of 15 to 25 people following the animals making small campsites and stayed for minimal time till the animals started to move again. Food: The food that they ate was gathered plants and big game such as mammoth, mastodon, elk, and deer. Tools: the tools that they used were projectile points that they would make into spears but they only have the points because the stick would degrade, another one of their tools was a scraper to scrape the excess meat of the hide to make into clothing they would also use the scrapers to scrape the meat off the bones to make light weight camp site so it was easy to move.

====**__CLIMATE:__** The climate the Paleo Indians lived in was cold, mostly covered with glaciers, except in the south-western part ofWisconsin. If there were not glaciers there were evergreens.(pine trees and or spruces)====

====**__ENVIRONMENT:__** there were glaciers in northern Wisconsin and in southwestern Wisconsin were no glaciers, but there were evergreens such as pines and spruces, now people call the south-western parts of Wisconsin the Drift less Area. ====

====**__SETTLEMENT: __**The Paleo Indians lived in bands of 15-25 people. They moved around a lot, they were kind of like nomads. If there was food supply in an area they would stay there until the food supply ran out. ====

====**__FOOD: __** The paleo Indians ate Mastodons, Mammoths, Elk, Caribou & Deer for the main part of their diet. They ate limited plant food because the cold climate did not let the plants grow. ====

====**__TOOLS: __**The Paleo Indians used spear points, scrapers and modified flakes. They used the spear points mainly for hunting, and the scrapers and modified flakes for dressing hides. They also might of used tools made of wood and/or bones. ====

Mastodon!

** Time__:__ ** The Archaic Indians lived around 10,000- 8,000 B.C. ** Climate: ** The Archaic Indians lived with glaciers and drift less area in the southern part of Wisconsin. ** Environment **: The Archaic Indians lived with no glacier in northern area a south west is a drift less area. ** Settlement: ** The Archaic Indians settled in small bands of 15 to 25 people lived in temporary camps. ** Food: ** The Archaic Indians ate mastodons, wooly mammoths, elk, caribou and deer. Limited plant food because. ** Tools__:__ ** The Archaic Indians used spear points and the spear point were very helpful because it helped them take done big animals. ** Household: ** The Archaic Indians use light weigh objects and skin to build their homes. We don’t know about their religion and rituals. ** Social/political: ** Social organization was probably based on the family.
 * Posted by Joey Grams **
 * Life ways: ** The Archaic Indians were big time hunters as many people say.
 * Toolkit: ** The Archaic Indians used Spear and scrapers and rock hammers.
 * Religion/rituals: **
 * How different from previous Group: ** the Archaic Indians were the first group in Wisconsin.
 * Major world events: ** 9,000 B.C. origins of agriculture in the Middle East.