32a - analyze the evolution of Native American cultures prior to European contact: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian
Paleo Period
The Paleo Indians where the first one to enter America by an ice bridge from Asia called Beringia. Were people known as nomads that followed herds of animals like mammoth, bison, and giant sloths. They used arrow head some of them know as Clovis points to take down big herds of animals. The Paleo Indians invented the atlatl which is a device that allows you to throw spears and weapons to a longer distances with more accuracy. Woodland Indians
This period developed trends included increases in sedentariness and social stratification, an elaboration of ritual and ceremony, and an intensification of horticulture. This Period was divided into 3 different sections: early, middle and late. The woodland period invented the bow & arrow, had new foods and clothes. The woodland Indians invented villages and used pottery as a different source. |
Archaic Period
The archaic Indians lasted the longest which was 7000 years. Credited for pottery for storing seed and water as well as horticulture when they started planting there own food as well. Archaic people lived in small group of people called bands which had 20 to 50 people, combined with children and adults.
Mississippian Indians
The Mississippian Period in the Midwestern and southeastern United States. Mississippian were horticulture. They grew much of their food in small gardens using simple tools like stone axes, digging sticks, and fire.They grew corn, beans, sunflowers, goose feed and other other crops to help them survive. They gathered nuts and fruits and hunted such game as deer, turkeys, and other small animals. Mississippian people also collected fish, shellfish, and turtles from rivers, streams, and ponds.
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