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Prehistoric Cultures of North America

Explore the diverse Paleo-Indian culture and migration theories, including the Bering Land Bridge. Discover the Southwest Paleo-Indians like the Hohokam and Anasazi, their tools, and agricultural practices.

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Prehistoric Cultures of North America

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  1. Prehistoric Cultures ofNorth America The Paleo Indians

  2. Paleo Indians The Paleo- Indians are the ancestors of all the contemporary Indian tribes in the Americas. Paleo means “Old”. Paleo Indian culture was diverse in its many forms. Some groups were predators, some farmed as the need arose.

  3. The Bering Land Bridge Theory Beringia is the name of the land bridge that was used to connect Asia to North America during an ice age. It is believed that this land bridge was used by early humans to migrate to North America 15,000 years ago. They were following prey.

  4. Tools of the Paleo-Indians Paleo Indians hunted, farmed and gathered. They used stone-tipped spears used to hunt mastodons, wooly mammoths, giant beavers, giant sloths, and bighorn bison. They used natural flood patterns to irrigate crops.

  5. Paleo Indians of the Southwest • Hohokam • Resided in central and southern Arizona and northern Mexico • Mogollon • Resided in Eastern New Mexico • Ancestral Puebloans • Anasazi • Resided in northern Arizona and northern New Mexico

  6. The Hohokam Paleo Indians of the Salt River Valley and southern Arizona. There are many petroglyphs within Phoenix city limits. They developed a very accurate solar calendar system. Skywatchers of the Sonoran Desert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGkiCuSVs1Q Ticket Out: Write 3 things that you learned today that you didn’t know when you walked in the door.

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