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| a fence built across a river in order to trap fish |
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| a series of actions performed during a special event |
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| a system for deciding what is best for a group of people, including ways to protect group members and settle disagreements among them. |
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| an idea or way of doing something that has been handed down from the past. |
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| the number of people who live in a place. |
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| a boat made from large, hollowed out log. |
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| the exchanging, buying or selling, of goods. |
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| to trade one kind of good for another without using money. |
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| a set of beliefs about God or Gods. |
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| a Native American group that shares the same culture and has the same leaders. |
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| a huge slow moving mass of ice. |
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| a person who keeps moving from place to place. |
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| groups of people who get their food from hunting and gathering. |
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| any object made by people in the past. |
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| a scientist who studies artifacts to learn what life was long ago. |
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| a mound of shells and refuse, or trash. |
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| the length of time when the weather is warm enough for crops to grow. |
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| something that people make, grow, or raise usually to sell. |
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| a natural substance found in rocks. |
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| a mineral that is used mainly to manufacture fertilizer. |
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| a resource that cannot be made again by nature or people. |
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| a resource that can be made again by nature or people. |
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| a place where animals find food and shelter. |
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- lived in northern FL
- between Atlantic coast and the Aucilla River
- built houses from wood; covered wooden frames with palm fronds
- caught fish with weirs
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- depended on agriculture for food
- games an important tradition
- lived between the Aucilla and Ochlockonee
- mound builders
- had own system of government
- each village had a chief
- village chiefs ruled by other chiefs
- two head chiefs: one ruled during times of peace and the other during times of war
- played ball game during summer growing season to celebrate natural world
- players could not use their hands to throw small, hard ball to hit a spot near the top of a tall post
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- lived in small villages at the northern end of Tampa Bay
- fished, hunted animals and gathered wild plants.
- ONLY Tampa Bay tribe that had corn
- Plaza center of each village
- around plaza stood houses
- mound builders
- village chief body would be placed in temple for 4 days after death
- they fasted, or did not eat, to show respect
- after 4 days people gathered together to pray and bury chief in a burial mound
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- lived in southeastern FL - near Biscayne Bay
- mostly hunters and gathers
- main foods - palmetto berries, coco plums, sea grapes, and palm nuts
- made flour by grinding of roots of some plants
- also relied on shellfish
- did not become as large or powerful because food was not plentiful in that area
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- largest and most powerful group in southern FL
- Calusa meant "fierce people" - so called for being brave and skillful
- other tribes paid them a tribute for protection
- tributes include - feathers, woven mats, and food
- traveld by dugout to trade with others
- feasted on fish and shellfish
- wove large nets to catch fish
- left behind giant middens
- Spanish called the region La Costa de Caroles - The Coast of Shells because their middens where so big
- temples and other important buildings build on top of midden mounds
- Chief Carlos one of the most powerful rulers to live on Mound Key
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