Wisconsin's First People or Who Needs A Textbook?

Today we read about Wisconsin's first people. There were several different groups that archaeologists break into

Paleo-Indians

Archaic Indians

Woodland Peoples

Mississippians

Oneota

Paleo-Indians

Everything you wanted to know about them and more!

More everything you wanted to know

Even More!

Solve the Mammoth Mystery

Mammoth History in Kenosha County

Kenosha Public Museum FREE Field Trip! See the Schaefer Mammoth and check out dioramas on Wisconsin history

Field Trip!  Visit the Boaz Mastadon and here


Archaic Indians

Missisippi Valley Archaeology Center on Archaic Tradition   Don't forget to check out all the links down the side

Article on the Archaic Tradition.

Pictures of Archaic spearpoints

Field Trip!  Visit an Archaic site

Woodland Tradition

This site is really all you need

From the Milwaukee Public Museum

Woodland effigy mounds

Field Trip!  Visit Wisconsin effigy mounds

Mississippians

Milwaukee Public Museum artifact collection (check out the other links at the top to read more about Aztalan)

More about the Mississippians

Field Trip!  Visit the Aztalan site

and walk inside an Aztalan house at the Wisconsin Historical Museum

Oneota

About the Oneotas

Oneota Pottery

Field Trip!  See rock carvings and paintings