A few very special artifacts were used in the ritual or ceremonial realms of certain prehistoric groups. Larger, biconcave stone discs four to five inches in diameter called chunkey stones were used by Mississippian societies of the southeastern part of the continent in a game of the same name.
Similar items have been found on Late Prehistoric Oneota villages in northwestern Iowa. Along with grinding and drill for pipes, catlinite also lends itself well to fine line engraving with a sharp tool, and a few small catlinite tablets engraved with complex symbols and pictographs have turned up on northwestern Iowa Oneota sites. Skip to main content. The University of Iowa Search.
University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist. You are here Home » Ancient Technology Series. Series in Ancient Technologies Printable Version. Archaeological Analysis. Iowa's Historic Past. Iowa's Prehistoric Past. Print this page. Archaeological finds in various locations across Washington have helped scientists learn about how the earliest residents of this state lived. This essay was written for students in third and fourth grade who are studying Washington State History and for all beginning readers who want to learn more about Washington.
It is one of a set of essays called HistoryLink Elementary , all based on existing HistoryLink essays. Native Americans have lived in Washington for thousands of years. Recorded history -- history that is written down -- goes back only for several hundred years.
To learn about how people lived before that, we have to look for other clues. Stories passed down from generation to generation within the tribes are important.
They help us understand tribes' cultures and traditions. Another source of information is ancient artifacts -- items made by people. Museums are filled with hand-made baskets, many kinds of tools and weapons, articles of clothing, and other artifacts that tell us something about the lives of different Indian groups. The objects that the First People used in their daily lives were made from natural materials and most were used on a regular basis.
As a result, the objects wore out, broke, or were thrown away. Luckily, there have been some important archaeological finds in the state. These discoveries have helped scientists learn even more about the lifestyles of these earliest residents of what is now Washington.
In , workers were putting a sprinkler pipe in an apple orchard in East Wenatchee. They had only dug down about 20 inches when they made an exciting discovery. They had uncovered a pit filled with prehistoric tools and more than a dozen stone spearheads.
Middle Stone Age toolkits included points, which could be hafted on to shafts to make spears; stone awls, which could have been used to perforate hides; and scrapers that were useful in preparing hide, wood, and other materials. Explore some examples of Later Stone Age tools. During the Later Stone Age, the pace of innovations rose.
People experimented with diverse raw materials bone, ivory, and antler, as well as stone , the level of craftsmanship increased, and different groups sought their own distinct cultural identity and adopted their own ways of making things. Skip to main content.
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