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Archaic Period

Jackdaw Game!

You are an archaeologist who has the following information about prehistoric times in Pennsylvania. The pictures you will see in this quiz represent clues. Match the pictures to an arguable hypothesis about the lives of the Archaic people based on the evidence you have.

1. Archaic people traveled long distances to find acorns.
2. Acorns were used to shape stone tools.
3. Acorns were part of the Archaic diet.
1. Stretched out rabbit skins were used to make drums for burial ceremonies.
2. Rabbit meat was part of the Archaic diet.
3. Archaic hunters fastened fluted points to the end of spears to hunt rabbits.
1. Netsinkers were used to weigh down fishing nets stretched across a stream.
2. Netsinkers were used to grind berries to make juice and dye for clothing.
3. Archaic fishermen used netsinkers to anchor their canoes at fishing spots.
1. Archaic people used hemlock needles to sew their garments.
2. Hemlock trees thrived during the Early Archaic Period when the climate was colder.
3. Stockades were built with the trunks of hemlock trees to protect the Archaic villages from warfare.
1. Axes were made by grinding and polishing soft stone.
2. Archaic people used axes to hunt bear by hurling them from an atlatl.
3. The blade of axes was most often made of iron in order to be very sharp.
1. Chestnut trees were a source of food for the Archaic people.
2. Chestnut trees thrived in the Early Archaic Period when the climate was very cold.
3. Chestnut leaves were used to create thatched roofs for the houses built in the Archaic Period.
1. Hearths were built using jasper and flint.
2. The Archaic people used hearths in their burial ceremonies to invoke their ancestors.
3. Hearths of the Archaic Period tell us about the kinds of food that were consumed.
1. Deer were the pet animals of the Archaic people.
2. The Archaic people hunted deer for their meat.
3. The Archaic men wore deer antlers as ornaments.
1. Drill and projectile points were made using chert.
2. Stone bowls made of chert have been discovered at several sites in Pennsylvania.
3. Chert was chipped to create small beads that adorned the Archaic women.