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Early Civilizations

Early Civilizations. Of North America. When And How?. No one really knows how long ago the first people arrived in America Answers range from 22,000 B.C.E -12,000 B.C.E The most commonly accepted idea is that early humans came across a land bride in 12,000 B.C.E . Possible Route.

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Early Civilizations

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  1. Early Civilizations Of North America

  2. When And How? No one really knows how long ago the first people arrived in America Answers range from 22,000 B.C.E -12,000 B.C.E The most commonly accepted idea is that early humans came across a land bride in 12,000 B.C.E

  3. Possible Route

  4. First Settlements Began settling down around 1000 B.C.E. Began farming crops such as: Maize, Beans, and Squash

  5. The Anasazi • Name come from a Navaho word meaning “ancient people” or “ancient enemy” • Flourished between 1100 and 1300 C.E. • Lived in adobe-walled towns • Included: apartments houses, community courts, and religious temples • Made pottery and tightly woven baskets

  6. Location

  7. Mesa Verde National Park

  8. What happened to this civilization • The end of this tribe is still a mystery to archeologists • Two theories exist: • Prolonged drought • Marauding Indians from Mexico • Their culture has continued in many south western tribes

  9. The Mound Builders Created large earth works (mounds) that served as temples and tombs Reached more than seven stories in height The largest population know as the Cahokia (St. Louis, Illinois

  10. The Cahokia • Little in known about this culture • No written language • Advanced in astronomy and construction • Area abandoned in 1300-1400 • Most likely do to urban growth

  11. Native Americans in the 1400s • Northwest • Tribes: Chinook, Nootka, Kwakiutl • Traded: Material goods, Slaves, Fish, Oil • Tribal totem poles represented ancestral heritage

  12. South West Tribes: Navajo, Ute, Hopi Lived off the land (Hunters, Gatherers, Farmers) Traded: pottery, hides, blankets and crops

  13. Great Plains Tribes: Cheyenne, Sioux, Comanche Traded: meats, hide, and salts Nomadic people Expert Horsemen (16th Century),

  14. North East • Two Major Tribes • Iroquoian • Algonquian • Tribal warfare was common place • Traded: copper, slate, tools • Loved in Long houses

  15. South East • Tribes: Cherokee, Choctaws, Seminole • Traded: deerskins, bear oil • Considered by Europeans to be the “civilized tribes” • Developed a code of laws and judicial system • Adopted European polices

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