When did Indians begin using the bow and arrow?
Bow and arrow technology came into Utah roughly 2,500 years ago. Prior to the bow, people used an atlatl or spear thrower for hunting. What Native groups were here when the European settlers arrived? Utah is the historic home to the Utes, Paiutes, Goshutes, Navajo, and Shoshone. Were some tribes rich and other tribes poor? Try to think of this in terms of different cultures. All Native American groups who lived here were very different from each other. Some groups possessed finely made pottery and lived in masonry buildings while others lived a nomadic lifestyle as hunters and gatherers. Groups were different and cannot be compared in terms of rich and poor, good or bad. When did Indians first make pottery? The Fremont and the Anasazi were the first groups to use pottery in Utah. About 2,000 years ago the idea of pottery reached the Southwest. Pottery was made by coiling strands of clay mixed with a temper, usually sand or crushed rock. Temper was added to the clay to hold it together.
