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Who were the first Americans and how did they get here?

Who were the first Americans and how did they get here?. Converging Cultures. Chapter 1. Impact of Converging Cultures. Our food Contact between cultures profoundly changed the society of each Our society contains elements of Native American, African, and European influence. Before Contact.

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Who were the first Americans and how did they get here?

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  1. Who were the first Americans and how did they get here?

  2. Converging Cultures Chapter 1

  3. Impact of Converging Cultures • Our food • Contact between cultures profoundly changed the society of each • Our society contains elements of Native American, African, and European influence

  4. BeforeContact Early Native American Culture

  5. Where did they come from? • The first settlers may have crossed the Bering Strait- Beringia • Probably hunters in search of game • 14,000 to 10,500 B.C Oldest discovery- Oregon, 14,300 years

  6. Where did they come from? • More recent research- • Traveled by boat, not on foot • Traveled along coast to Southern Chile- Mount Verde • Settled various points along the way • Most probable explanation

  7. Other Theories of Migration • Bering strait- 40,000 years ago • Not likely before 13,000 B.C. as there is limited data to support claim • From South Pacific by ship • Again little data- Polynesians?

  8. Where’s the Proof? Proving the Land Bridge • Radiocarbon Data- Measures radioactivity of Carbon 14 • Ice Age- Water levels do drop • Nomadic people travel after game • Wooly Mammoth

  9. Early Civilizations • Agricultural Revolution about 9,000 years ago • Allows development of civilization • Began in Mesoamerica (Middle) • Pumpkin, squash, beans, peppers, maize (corn)

  10. Mesoamerican Cultures • Olmec and Maya Mayan Temple Obsidian

  11. Mesoamerican Cultures • Toltec and Aztec Toltec temple and stautes Aztec Temples

  12. North American Cultures • Hohokam Irrigation Canals

  13. North American Cultures • Anasazi (Ancient Ones) Pueblos

  14. North American Cultures • Adena and Hopewell Hopewell Pottery Adena Serpent Burial Mound

  15. North American Cultures • Mississippian Culture- Moundville, Al Cahokia’s flat top pyramids

  16. Turn to page 17 • Please complete question 6, the Graphic Organizer. Include: • Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec, Hohokam, Anasazi, Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian Cultures.

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