B. P.
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Period
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Activities
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12,000
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Paleolithic
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Small nomadic hunting groups use spears to hunt mammoth and caribou in the tundra.
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9,000
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Early to Middle Archaic
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Hunter/gatherers use
seasonal camping sites for several months.
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6,000
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Middle to
Late Archaic
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Larger base camps; small
groups move seasonally throughout a mixed-oak forest. Abundant fish and game; seeds and nuts.
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3,000
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Woodland
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Semi-permanent villages
storing cultivated corn, beans, and squash. Mixed oak/chestnut forest. Use of bows & arrows, ceramics. Slash and burn agriculture changes landscape.
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400
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Contact
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Europeans arrive.
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