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About
12,000 years ago
While the last glaciers melt, Paleo-Indians live in Wisconsin.
The Paleo-Indians live mainly by hunting. They hunt huge beasts,
such as mastodons and mammoths. These animals are now extinct. |
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Illustration
of Mammoth by: Phoebe Hefko. |
The Archaic
Indians hunt smaller animals like deer, beaver, and birds.
Illustration by: Phoebe Hefko. |
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About
8,000 years ago
Archaic Indians live in Wisconsin. They hunt small animals like
deer and gather nuts and berries, mine copper, and make tools
jewelry and weapons. |
About
2000 years ago
Woodland
Indians inhabit Wisconsin. They bury their dead in mounds of
various shapes including animal or effigy mounds. |
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This bear
effigy is near Lake Koshkonong. WHi(X3)15261. |
1000
A.D.
Oneota Indians establish villages around Green Bay, Lake Winnebago,
Lake Koshkonong, and La Crosse.
1200s
Mississippian Indians abandon their community at Aztalan.
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