The First People

By Mrs. Siwek

Paleo-Indians(ancient)

• Hunted huge wild animals

• Gathered seeds, nuts, and roots

• Women used bone needles to sew animals hides together

Archaic Indians(old)

• They lived in Ohio’s tall forests

• Since the bigger animals were gone from the land, they hunted deer, turkey, bear, geese, and ducks

Archaic Indians(old)

• Every part of the animal was used.

The flesh was used for food.

Hides were used for blankets, clothing, and bags.

Bones and antlers were used for tools.

Claws and teeth were made into necklaces.

Woodland People(Adena and Hopewell)

• They grew some of their own food and saved it for the winter.

• They lived along Ohio’s rivers (not permanent)

• They built large mounds of earth into

many shapes.

Adena People(still Woodland People)

• These people used water from the rivers

for washing, cooking, and drinking.• Sometimes these people lived in caves.

• Sometimes they made homes out of poles

put in a circle and placing branches and grasses over the poles.

• They made fine jewelry and created art.

Adena People(Still Woodland People)

• They built mounds- cone shaped were used to

bury the dead.• Most of the dead were placed in log tombs• Their bodies were painted red or black.• Jewelry, art, metals, and seashells were buried

with the dead.• A few of the dead were cremated (burned).

Adena People(Still Woodland People)

• The Miamisburg mound is the largest Adena burial mound

• The Adena people also built effigy mounds. (An effigy is an image or work of art, in the shape of a living thing.)

The Hopewell People(still Woodland People)

• The mounds of the Hopewell were always geometric in shape. (circle, rectangle, square, or octagon)

• They cremated most of their dead and mounds were built over their ashes.

The Hopewell People(still Woodland People)

• They built tall walls (out of the earth) around large fields.

• These fields may have been used for religious ceremonies or a marketplace.

* The Hopewell traded many things!

( seashells, pearls, copper, and obsidian)

Where did the Woodland People go?

• No one knows what happened to the Adena and Hopewell Indians.

• Some think that famine or disease spread throughout these people.

• Others think that war may have brought an end to the Mound Builders.

Fort Ancient People

• They built their cities on abandoned Hopewell sites

• They built pyramids with platforms on top

Fort Ancient People

• Unlike other people, they grew corn and beans

• Since they farmed, they could live in permanent villages (they didn’t have to move around)

Fort Ancient People

• They decorated pottery with designs of animals and other things

• Everyone wore silver clips in their hair and long strands of beads around their necks.

Fort Ancient People(Where Did They Go?)

• They might have been pushed

off their land by other tribes

• They could have died from diseases

brought from European explorers