Welcome to Ancient Texas
Are you ready to enter the world of a primitive people whose way of life will amaze you?
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Sit down with them when they eat and ask yourself, "Would I eat this food?"
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See the tools they made and the weapons they used. "Could you survive if these simple items were all you had to meet your basic needs?"
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Enter their primitive shelters and ask yourself, "Would I feel at home living here?"
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Listen as their ancient art tells you their stories.
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Discover how smart they really were.
Prepare yourself for a journey back in time as you enter the world of the Archaic Indians of the Lower Pecos!
Caution: You are about to enter a dangerous world!
To all students, teachers, and other visitors:
Before you enter the world of the Archaic Indians of the Lower Pecos, please take the test below. Why? Only the strong and the determined survived.
Take a look at the father and son in the picture. This was an Archaic Indian school. This boy had to make a passing grade on his lessons, or he would die.
Now, let's find out if you are tough enough to live in Archaic Texas. Good luck!
Scott Walters
Tough Enough Test
Do you have what it takes to live like the Archaic Indians of
the
Lower Pecos?
- I am willing to live outdoors all of the time.
- I am willing to eat almost anything to survive.
- I know how to make all of the tools I need to survive.
- I know how to make and use weapons.
- I know which plants are safe to eat and which are poisonous.
- I am willing to live without a doctor, and I know which plants can be used as medicine.
- I am willing to live with little or no food for long periods of time.
- I am willing to move from place to place throughout the year in search of the resources I need to survive.
- I am willing to live without all of the electronic equipment and toys that make my life comfortable and fun.
- I am willing to live in a time when most people died before they were thirty years old.
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