hunter-gatherer

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Timucua men in northeastern Florida using animal skins as a disguise for deer hunting, engraving, c. 1564.

Native American families driving deer toward an enclosure where hunters wait, engraving in Samuel de Champlain's Voyages, 1619.

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Also Known As	hunting culture • gathering society • hunting and gathering culture • foragers • foraging culture

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Timucua men in northeastern Florida using animal skins as a disguise for deer hunting, engraving, c. 1564.

Native American families driving deer toward an enclosure where hunters wait, engraving in Samuel de Champlain's Voyages, 1619.

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