ancient american civilizations cliff dwellers mound builders
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ANCIENT AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS
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WHAT DO ARCHEOLOGISTS KNOW ABOUT THE EARLY NORTH AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS?
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WHAT IS AN ARCHEOLOGIST?
Scientist who study the early civilizations by analyzing the artifacts.
*Examples: Egyptian Pyramids Macchu Picchu-
Peru Mesa Verde -
Colorado
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WHO WERE SOME EARLY NATIVE AMERICANS?
* Cliff Dwellers -Southwest- (dessert) Mound Builders -Midwest and Southeast (
Mississippi River into the Appalachian Mts.) Flourished between 500-1500 Disappeared when European explorers first made
contact.
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WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CIVILIZATIONS? Neither group left written records All information is based on
archeological evidence
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Cliff Dwellers=Farming cultures -(Mesa Verde) Colorado
a. Hokokam b. Anasazi c. Mogollon Built irrigation canals to carry water to their crops Lived in stone houses
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MOUND BUILDERS-WEALTHY PEOPLE
*Adena Hopewell Mississippian Built large villages Had many resources More than 10,000 people Burial chambers- give artifacts like pearls
that prove the people were wealthy Miamisburg Mound (Ohio)
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLIFF DWELLERS AND MOUND BUILDERS?
* Both civilizations suddenly
disappeared 1. disease- from Europeans 2. shortage of food/water- could not support the
population 3. political conflicts -weakened the civilizations
(or a combination of all of these)
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ARE THESE CIVILIZATIONS RELATED TO LATER NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES?
* Some oral histories do connect them
* Art and pottery show a connection These civilizations left some of the
most impressive archeological sites in North America