What was life like during the past in Utah? The earliest known people in Utah lived here 13,000 years ago! This drawing shows what life might have been like for these people, whom we call Paleo-Indians.

Now it's time for you to be a "History Detective." Study this picture. Look at what the people are doing, and notice what kinds of animals and plants there are. Then cover up the picture (scroll down) and discover your detective skills. Read the questions below the picture and see how many answers you know!

A) Cattails B) Camel C) Ground Sloth D) Bulrushes E) Clovis point F) Vulture
G) Columbian Mammoth H) Saber-tooth cat

Questions!

1. What animals and birds did you see?

2. How many Columbian Mammoths did you see?

3. What is the name of the projectile point (or spear head) used then?

4. What do you think the person in front is doing?

5. What weapons are the people using to hunt the Columbian Mammoths with?

6. A woman is scraping hair off an animal hide. What do you think she would scrape it with?

7. What do you think the people's clothes are made of?

8. Can you tell by the plants if water is nearby?

9. In addition to the people in the picture, if there are five men out hunting, five women out drying hides, and ten children out chasing llizards, how many people live in this community?

10. How do you think the life of a Paleo-Indian kid was different from yours?

11. How do you think the life of a Paleo-Indian kid was like yours?

12. What animal are you most surprised to learn once lived in Utah?

13. What do you think would be the hardest task these people had? Why?

14. What would you like to do the most? Why?

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