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The First Texans

The First Texans. First Americans. The period of time before recorded history is prehistory Anthropologists study and compare peoples to learn how they lived Archaeologists study human remains, they also look at artifacts or tools, weapons and other objects made by people. . First Americans.

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The First Texans

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  1. The First Texans

  2. First Americans • The period of time before recorded history is prehistory • Anthropologists study and compare peoples to learn how they lived • Archaeologists study human remains, they also look at artifacts or tools, weapons and other objects made by people.

  3. First Americans • Scientists believe that the first people to come to North America came from Asia • Migration happened between 38,000 to 10,000 B.C. during the last ice age • Crossed on a land bridge called Beringia

  4. Paleo-Indians • First Americans to cross the land bridge: entered Texas about 12,000 years ago • Hunter gatherers- hunt wild animals and gather wild plants for food • Successfully hunted mammoths

  5. Mesoamerica • Region that includes Mexico and northern central America. • People farmed about 7,000 years ago • Maize or corn was the most important crop for farmers • Farming provided a steady source of food

  6. Early Civilizations • Precontact periods- was the time before the Europeans arrived in the Americas • These civilizations had large cities and complex religions and cultural practices.

  7. Maya • Thrived from A.D. 300 to 900 • Only complete written language in the Americas • Developed mathematical and astronomical systems

  8. Toltec and Aztec • Arose after the Mayan civilization declined • Both had organized governments • Toltec built great stone pyramids • Aztec traded goods in their city, Tenochtitlan.

  9. Anasazi • Lived in western Texas • Traded goods with other Native Americans • Built huge multi-story dwellings into cliff sides with hundreds of rooms

  10. Mississippian • Lived in the Mississippi and Tennessee River valleys • They were farmers • Built huge flat-topped mounds of earth.

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