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Pre Columbian America
People and Terms
• Mound Builders
– Adena
– Hopewell
– Mississippian
• Desert Valley Dwellers
– Anasazi
– Hohokam
• Central American
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Mayan
Incan
Olmec
Aztec
Adena
• 1000-200 BCE
• Considered to be the
ancestor to many tribes
near the Ohio River Valley
• Practiced Shamanism
– The Shaman has the ability
to interact and manipulate
the “spirit world” for
enlightenment and
guidance
Adena Mound
Hopewell
• More of a system of
interaction extending
from modern day
Louisiana all the way to
Ontario
• Intricate trade route
Hopewell Art
Hopewell Continued
• Hopewell is more of a
group of people tribes
rather than one
civilization of people
• They interacted with
the Adena
• A lot of sub cultures
within one umbrella
civilization
Extinction of the Hopewell Exchange
• Possible reasons?
• Why wouldn’t we
know?
Mississippian
• Mound Builders
• 800 CE to 1600 CE
Mississippian
• Stretched their trade
• The Kincaid Site
network to the Rocky
Mountains, Great Lakes,
Gulf of Mexico and to
the Atlantic ocean
• A lot is known about
this culture
• Why don’t we teach this
Culture in schools?
De Soto
• Conquered the
Mississipian
Desert Dwelling Societies
Anasazi
• Dine for “The Ancient
Ones”
• Ancestor of the Modern
day Pueblo and Navajo
• 200-1300 CE
• Pottery
• Desert Farmers
• Settle in Fertile valleys
near rivers
Where did they go?
• Again no one knows
• Notice the intricacies
and the extensive rock
carvings
• Slowly evolved and
shrank into the modern
day Pueblo
• Chaco Canyon
Hohokam
• Prehistoric much like
the Anasazi
• 200-1400 CE
• Settled between Gila
and Salt rivers
• Hohokam is said to be
Pima for “those who
have vanished”
Buildings
• As the civilization
evolved, so evolved their
building style
• Homes become more
solid and permanent
• They start growing cotton
• Making Canal systems
and Irrigation
• Pottery becomes more
detailed
• Eventually the
Hohokam start building
massive multi storied
community houses
• Canals become more
intense, more than 150
miles of canal systems
• Renovated and put back
into use in the 20th
century
Central and South American
Tribes
Olmec
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1500-400 BCE (Oldest of the Civilizations)
Located in the lowlands of the Gulf of Mexico
Jade artifacts are common
Farmers and traders
Not much is known about the Olmec
disappearance
Jade Heads
• The most recognizable
artifact is the Olmec
heads
• Believed to be the
heads of leaders
Inca
• 1438-1533 CE
• Largest of the Pre
Columbian south
American empires
• Capitol City of Cusco
• Conquered by the
Spanish in 1572
• Polytheistic
• Oral tradition
Inca
• Speak the language of
Quechua, still around
today
• Origin of 4 caves
• Conquered by Pizarro
• Very intricate and
efficient road system
• Eradicated by disease
before Spanish
Conquistadors arrived
Machu Picchu
Mayan
• Seriously, there’s too much to follow on the
Mayan. All you need to know is the calendar,
they lasted the longest, and they are the only
civilization with a fully functioning language
Mayan
• The coincidentally
accurate calendar
• The only known fully
developed writing
system in the Pre
Columbian American
World
Maya
• 2000 BCE- 1697 CE
Aztec
• Definitely the most
famous of the 4
• Conquered by Cortez
• Bring human sacrifice to
a whole other level
• Tenochtitlan
That’s a Wrap