Week+2+Woodland+to+Mississippian

Contextual Readings
Calloway Chapter 1 is a good start. Use the links on your Webquest 1 web page to locate additional resources about Native American prehistory and do some reading on the web sites I directed you to on Week 1 web page.

Read this short paper on Mud Glyph Cave

Classroom Discussion Docs
We will watch two of the following movies. Bring any questions you have about prehistory/archeology. Take notes and use these videos as a resource for your time line. We will talk about what we can and cannot learn from archaeological discoveries.

Movies
While it might look like I've picked Kentucky archaeology sites to investigate because I like Kentucky, in actuality, Kentucky played a very important role in the development of North American Archaeology. So.....because of investigations in Kentucky, we know a lot about Native American prehistory.


 * 1) Ancient fires at Cliff Palace Pond (focus on Native American management of forest lands using specialist archaebotanical data)
 * 2) The Adena People : Moundbuilders of Kentucky (focus on a widespread Early Woodland culture first documented in Ohio/KY)
 * 3) Saving a Kentucky Time Capsule (focus on caves as an important resource for learning about Native American ritual)