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Naming Past Peoples
The names used in this web site about Wisconsin's past people are names that archaeologists use to identify these people. They are not tribal names. No early boy or girl called
themselves a Paleo person. Early people might have had their own name or identification for themselves and other groups that they knew about or came across. The names or
"traditions" that archaeologists use are a means of identifying people who lived within a particular time frame and who used similar tools. Living within the same
time frame and using similar tools implies similar ways of living. Those people with a similar way of living are said to have a common
lifeway or culture.
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