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What are examples of print-based objects found in archives?
What distinguishes primary sources from secondary sources?
What is the Bering land bridge also known as?
What is the significance of oral histories in the study of non-literate societies?
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Which prehistoric culture is identifiable by the kinds of projectile heads it produced?
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Where is Cahokia, believed to be the largest of the Mississippian towns/cities, located?
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What is a buffalo jump site associated with?
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Which groups made up the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?
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What is a potlatch ceremony typically associated with?
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What was Head-Smashed-in in Alberta an example of?
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What was the function of accumulating goods for an impressive potlatch?
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What was the function of the alliances formed by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Wendat Confederacy?
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Named for the archaeological site in New Mexico where it was first identified, the Clovis culture is identifiable by the kinds of projectile heads it produced = The ______ point
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A walled complex made up of 120 mounds that housed as many as 30,000 people making it a very large city for its day. Became a center of power because of its location.
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Kill sites where herds of buffalos were driven off steep cliffs. Head-Smashed-in Is one example of a jump site in alberta.
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These alliances were an effective means of reducing the prospect of long-running blood feuds between many bands and clans, although the creation of confederacies may have simply increased the scale of warfare between a few larger groupings. Made up of: Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk.
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It involves the giving away of property at an event, typically one marking a succession, a marriage, or a death. Accumulating goods for an impressive ______ was an important mechanism for attaining social status for the host and also redistributing wealth through a system of related.
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Archival collections may also include ______, music (in a variety of forms), and textiles.
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Archives are official repositories that may or may not be open to the ______.
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Oral histories are particularly important in the study of ______ societies.
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Bering land bridge: (Beringia): The land form that connected Eurasia and North America between Siberia and Alaska 50,000 to 10,000 years ______.
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Archives: Collections of original documents, including print-based objects like personal letters, official reports, journals, newspapers, maps, government papers, and so ______.
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