Oklahoma's Pre Historic Cultures

Prehistoric People in Oklahoma

 Prehistoric Oklahomans came to Oklahoma
                    about 15,000 years ago.

Dispersed from the Tower of Babel

   1.  Probably crossed a land bridge called
                            the Bering Strait  Theory
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   2.  Followed migrating herds up and down
                North and South America
                  

   3.  Native Americans had no knowledge of the
                    wheel nor could they write

   2 types of prehistoric people

   1.  Clovis man or Paleo Indians lived 20,000 to
10,000 yrs ago.  Evidence was found at the
Domebo mammoth kill site
 

Carbon 14 testing was used @ Domebo to determine the age of the site about 11,000 yrs ago.  Clovis arrow points

DOMEBO MAMMOTH KILL SITE CADDO COUNTY, OKLAHOMA       The Domebo site is a mammoth kill site located in a deep arroyo-like branch of Tonkawa creek, called "Domebo Branch", about three miles east of Stecher, Oklahoma in Caddo County. The site was discovered by Mr. J.E. Patterson when he found portions of a mammoth skull, tusk and vertebrae exposed in the bank of this spring fed creek. The site was first reported to Adrien D. Anderson of the Museum of the Great Plains in December of 1961. The excavation team was composed of archaeologists, biologists and geologists who worked out of the museum of the Great Plains in Lawton, Oklahoma (Leonhardy 1966:16,18). THE 4 ORIGINAL PROJECTILE POINTS FOUND DURING EXCAVATION OF THE DOMEBO MAMMOTH KILL SITE CADDO COUNTY, OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF THE GREAT PLAINS COLLECTION    This picture shows all four of the projectile points that were found during the excavation of the Domebo mammoth kill site. The mid-section on the left was found during the initial reconnaissance of the site and initiated the immediate excavation project. It was found in the bank near two exposed vertebrae.

Watch Clovis First 13 min video.

   2.  Folsom man or Archaic Indians
 

Folsom man used arrow points such as these to kill animals for food, tools, and shelter

Late Prehistoric Age came the Spiro Epoch

   Began around the time of Christ and ended
                              around A.D. 1500
 

   1.  Known as mound builders

   2.  Spiro epoch marks the "golden age" of
                            Oklahoma pre-history

   3.  Spiro is one of many mounds builders in U.S.

 

      Most early Oklahomans spoke different
        languages but had similar Muskhogean stock

   Historic Oklahoma comes from written records

   In 1541 Coronado explored Oklahoma and wrote
                        in his journal creating Oklahoma
                        history for the first time
 

   At the time of the introduction of Europeans to
    Oklahoma Quapaws lived in eastern Ok along
   the Arkansas River.

   Querechos AKA Plains-Apaches

   1.  no permanent home

   2.  followed the buffalo herds and

   3.  used tipi for houses

   4.  Coronado   wrote about this
                    settlement called Quivira

Photo Credits:

Apache Warrior: http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/espanol/historia/prehispanica/los_apaches_3.jpg

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
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Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
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