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Pre-Columbian North America

Pre-Columbian North America. Ancient America. Kennewick Man found in 1996 40 years old, 5’9” tall, dead for 9,400 years. Historical Sources for Ancient America. Petroglyphs = paintings on rocks Pictographs = drawings on rocks. Pictograph. Clovis Points. Pangea.

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Pre-Columbian North America

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  1. Pre-Columbian North America

  2. Ancient America • Kennewick Manfound in 1996 • 40 years old, 5’9” tall, dead for 9,400 years

  3. Historical Sources for Ancient America • Petroglyphs = paintings on rocks • Pictographs = drawings on rocks Pictograph Clovis Points

  4. Pangea • Split into 7 continents nearly 240 million years ago

  5. Homo erectus Homo sapiens

  6. Migration Across Bering Strait • 13,000 BCE = Paleo-Indians crossed Bering Strait from Siberia into North America

  7. A Turning Point • 11,000 BCE = Paleo-Indian Hunters become Archaic-Indian Hunter-Gatherers

  8. Agricultural Revolution • 5,000 BCE = farming developed in Mesoamerica

  9. Mesoamerica = Corn (Maize) • Caribbean = Manioc • Andes = Potato • Squash, beans, peppers, sunflowers Manioc sold at market

  10. The Anasazi • Built “pueblo” apartments in the Southwest • Existed during the 1st century CE

  11. Mississippian Mound Builders • 800 – 1500 CE • Cahokia is near St. Louis, MO

  12. Iroquois Confederacy/5 Nations Confederacy • Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca • Lived in Longhouses • Matrilineal

  13. Demographics • At 1492 = 50 million people in North America, Mesoamerica, & South America • Estimates vary = 1/5 along Pacific Coast, ¼ in Southwest, 1/3 East of Mississippi River, ¼ in Great Plains, Great Basin & Arctic

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