Prehistory Crossword Puzzle

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1. prehistoric Indians who hunted small mammals and gathered seeds and fruit
3. to completely cover
5. ________ Mounds: Mississippian culture remains near Collinsville
9. crop grown by Illiniwek Indians
12. studies the earth
13. what geologists study
14. travel from place to place
19. studies ancient peoples
20. loosely aligned group
24. archeologists study these
25. animal or plant remains
26. "the men" or "the people"
27. time before written history
28. _____Creek: Fossil Site

 

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1. studies objects left behind by ancient peoples
2. covered much of Illinois during Ice Age
4. early type of Indian artifacts
6. type of gardening tool used by Mississippian Indians
7. from where first inhabitants of Illinois came
8. name of earliest Indian culture in Illinois
9. large mammal hunted by Paleo Indians
10. animal hunted by Illiniwek
11. arrived in Illinois in 1673
15. large tribe that was part of the Illiniwek Confederation
16. burial plots of Woodland Indians
17. ________ Mounds: Mississippian culture remains near Lewiston
18. favorable to
21. longest measure of geologic time
22. no longer exists
23. wearing away of land

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