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Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going. Weeks 1 and 2: Defining “History” and approaches to the “Southwest”. Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going. Weeks 1 and 2: Defining “History” and the “Southwest ” Week 3: Where Did Indians Come From?. Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going.
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Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going • Weeks 1 and 2: Defining “History” and approaches to the “Southwest”
Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going • Weeks 1 and 2: Defining “History” and the “Southwest” • Week 3: Where Did Indians Come From?
Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going • Weeks 1 and 2: Defining “History” and the “Southwest” • Week 3: Where Did Indians Come From? • Today: What was the World of Indians like before Spaniards arrived?
Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going • Weeks 1 and 2: Defining “History” and the “Southwest” • Week 3: Where did Indians come From? • Today: What was the World of Indians like before Spaniards arrived? • Thursday: Reading Discussion and Intro to Spanish Colonization
What was the Southwest Like Before Spaniards Arrived? SW History: 9.13.2011
Major Theme • The Southwest was a shifting, dynamic, chaotic world before the arrival of Europeans
Major Cultures/Civilizations before 1300 • Hohokam: Irrigation • Mogollon: Pottery • Ancestral Puebloans: Dry-land Farmers and Villagers
Ancestral Puebloans • Inhabited the 4 Corners Region from as early as 1500 B.C. through around 1200 A.D.
Ancestral Puebloans • Inhabited the 4 Corners Region from as early as 1500 B.C. through around 1200 A.D. • How did they live? • Dry Farming
Ancestral Puebloans • Inhabited the 4 Corners Region from as early as 1500 B.C. through around 1200 A.D. • How did they live? • Dry Farming • Hunting
Ancestral Puebloans • Inhabited the 4 Corners Region from as early as 1500 B.C. through around 1200 A.D. • How did they live? • Dry Farming • Hunting • Trade
The Meso-American Connection • Luxury Items • "Pueblos Traded for Chocolate Big TIme"
The Meso-American Connection • Luxury Items • "Pueblos Traded for Chocolate Big Time” • Cultural Practices • Hohokam Ball Courts • Religious Similarities: War and Fertility
The Meso-American Connection • Luxury Items • "Pueblos Traded for Chocolate Big Time” • Cultural Practices • Hohokam Ball Courts • Religious Similarities • Language: Uto-Aztecan
The Meso-American Connection • Luxury Items • "Pueblos Traded for Chocolate Big Time” • Cultural Practices • Hohokam Ball Courts • Religious Similarities • Language: Uto-Aztecan • Original Homeland of Aztecs • Aztlán
So What Happened? • Post-1200 A.D. Climate Change • Drought and Resource Scarcity
So What Happened? • Post-1200 A.D. Climate Change • Drought and Resource Scarcity • Warfare and Political Crisis
So What Happened? • Post-1200 A.D. Climate Change • Drought and Resource Scarcity • Warfare and Political Crisis • Mass Migrations
So What Happened? • Post-1200 A.D. Climate Change • Drought and Resource Scarcity • Warfare and Political Crisis • Mass Migrations • Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) move south, becoming Modern PuebloanPeople
So What Happened? • Post-1200 A.D. Climate Change • Drought and Resource Scarcity • Warfare and Political Crisis • Mass Migrations • Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) move south, becoming Modern PuebloanPeople • Athapaskan or (Apachean) groups move south and east, establishing trade with Puebloans
Conclusions • The Southwest was connected to the wider world via trade • Climate change and its social consequences shift human settlement in the region • By 1500, Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) had integrated into modern Pueblo communities of today, establishing an East-West trade with Plains Indians
Key Theme • The Southwest was a shifting, dynamic, chaotic world before the arrival of Europeans
Reading For Next Time For Thursday, be sure to read p. 58-86 of your reading packet from "The Pueblo Indian World." Rumor has it there may be a reading quiz on this reading. From the "Commentaries" section (starting on p. 87) you should be sure to read p. 99-100; 101-105; and 117-118.