Discovering Native North American Cultures

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DISCOVERING NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN CULTURES American mastodon woolly mammoth African savanna elephant Mastodons and wolly mammoths were hunted by some Paleo Indians These animals were similar in size to modern African elephants but unlike the modern variety they were adapted to Ice Age temperatures these people only hunted and ate large animals By the turn of the twenty first century however digs by archaeologists showed that Paleo Indians ate both ani mals and wild plants including fruit tubers and seaweed Evidence also has shown that some Paleo Indians fished Archaic Cultures The Archaic cultures developed from Paleo Indian traditions They arose in 12