Name _______________________________    Date________________________ Worksheet #2: Archaeology and the Environment Use your map of Maryland to locate Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum. Name the three bodies of water near the park. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Look carefully on the computer screen at the aerial photograph and the other images from Point Farm, where the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum is now located. What kinds of natural resources are there? Do you think these same resources would have been available to the Patuxent Indians 500 years ago? Why was each one important? HINT: each natural resource can have many different uses. List as many as you can think of! Natural Resource Possible Uses By Patuxent Indians                                         Do you think this environment was a good place to settle? Why or why not? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

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