1 102 D Pacific @ The Pacific coast was a particularly rich environment where the abundance and diversity of food resources made seasonal movement unnecessary. These included spawning salmon, which were dried for later winter consumption, and acorns which were also stored, as well as marine fish and mammals. Recent groups in the north-west have produced fine carved and painted wooden art.
# Pacific, Ozette plank with outline carving of a whale
2 102 E Great Basin @ Inhabitants of the arid Great Basin relied on a great diversity of wild foods which they moved seasonally to find. We can tell what people ate from coprolites (desiccated faeces) found in cave sites. Lakes and swamps provided a particularly rich source of food - wild fowl, plants, fish and animals.
# Great Basin, Lovelock decoy duck
3 102 C Woodland @ Groups living on the abundant wild resources of the wooded eastern regions operated exchange networks by which localized raw materials such as copper, good quality stone and seashells were distributed over a wide area. Copper was cold-hammered to make spears and ornaments. Some were buried with the dead, many of whom show signs of violent death.
# Woodland, traded objects
4 102 A Great Plains @ The vast grasslands of the Great Plains were home to huge herds of bison which supported many small bands of hunters. Archaeology has shown how these bands sometimes collaborated in communal drives in which hundreds of bison might be slaughtered. The bands also hunted smaller game, wildfowl and fish, and collected plants.
# Great Plains, Reconstruction of bison jump
5 102 B Arctic @ As postglacial temperatures rose, various groups were established in the Arctic and sub-arctic. Some hunted terrestrial mammals like caribou and fished the rivers, while others caught seafish and marine mammals like seals, or harvested both land and sea. The introduction of the bow and arrow made it easier to hunt mammals and waterfowl.
# Arctic, recent photo of Arctic hunters with bows and arrows:
