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Pre Contact Americas

Pre Contact Americas. The “ United States ” before Europeans. Thesis. For thousands of years, migrating peoples have settled the Americas, where their descendants developed complex societies. Pre-Contact Americas. Terms Beringia: ice bridge/land bridge? Nomadic: mobile societies

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Pre Contact Americas

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  1. Pre Contact Americas The “United States” before Europeans

  2. Thesis • For thousands of years, migrating peoples have settled the Americas, where their descendants developed complex societies.

  3. Pre-Contact Americas Terms Beringia: ice bridge/land bridge? Nomadic: mobile societies Mound-builders: culture groups known for mound construction – included Adenas, Hopewells, etc. Cahokia: major city center of mound builders Hohokams and Anasazis: SW native peoples

  4. The 4 D’s Diverse Dynamic Developed Dense

  5. image from diorama at Smithsonian and posted at neatorama.com

  6. image from associations.missouristate.edu

  7. Mound sites

  8. Mound builders

  9. Adena and Hopewell artifacts Ohiohistory.org Ohiohistorycentral.org

  10. Hopwell Pottery images from ohiohistory.org and the National Park Service

  11. Cahokia, pre-contact image National Park Service

  12. Cahokia

  13. image from National Park Service

  14. Mississippian Effigy pot image from antiquehelper.com (auction site)

  15. Mississippian pipe image from ohiohistory.org

  16. Hohokam sites

  17. Hohokam Dancers image from scottreamusic.com

  18. Anasazi petroglyph

  19. Mesa Verde images from the National Park Service

  20. Household patterns

  21. Household = microcosm for behavior

  22. Achievements of early cultures • development of: • agriculture = larger cities, complex societies • Writing = historical record • Architecture = large cities, eg. Tenochtitlán

  23. Review: For thousands of years, migrating peoples have settled the Americas, where their descendants developed complex societies. MAIN IDEAS WHY IT MATTERS The varied landscapes of North America encouraged the diversity of Native American cultures. Agriculture led to complex societies. Many modern Native American groups maintain ancient customs of their respective cultures. Europeans encountered a rich, varied set of cultures throughout N. America

  24. Eastern Woodlands Longhouses

  25. Interaction patterns • Exploration • Gathering – fish, timber, salt, etc. • Barter/Plunder – trade with natives

  26. D.W. Meinig, The Shaping of America

  27. Interaction patterns • Outpost – build commercial exchange • Imposition – permanent residents • Plantation – European culture, law, etc.

  28. Abenaki Clothes 1700 and up Deerfield Raid Page Abenaki interior New England culture VT Folk life center Malian's Song

  29. D.W. Meinig, The Shaping of America

  30. Natives

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