![]() ![]() Across regions of what is now the United States, social organization were building mound complexes, with some supporting sizable communities year-round. North America, sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures continued to develop. From the years 250 to 900, they were at the pinnacle of their power. They developed written language, as well as far-reaching advances in art, architecture, astronomical systems and mathematics. In the far-southern reaches of the continent important cultural advances were made by the Maya civilization. Small groups settled on many islands in the southeastern Caribbean, eventually reaching the Greater Antilles, creating their largest settlements on the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica Across the Great Plains hunter-gatherers existed on wild plants and animals, but they were eventually replaced by more sophisticated bands that farmed the land, raised some animals and improved their hunting skills.Īt about the time of Christ, the brown-skinnedĪrawak People migrated from Venezuela to the Lesser Antilles. The development of stone tools was one of the factors instrumental in that successful expansion.Įuropeans arrived, small groups developed throughout the Americas. ![]() Indigenous peoples of the Americas have been linked to North Asian populations by linguistic dialects and blood types.Īfter the last glacial period ended some 12,500 years back, a wide variety of prehistoric cultures developed across the continent, north to south. There is scientific evidence connecting indigenous Americans to Asian peoples, specifically from the eastern Some experts feel that by using primitive boats, early man also migrated down the Pacific coast to South America that debate continues. ![]() Anthropologists believe that North America's initial inhabitants arrived around 40,000 years ago by traversing theīering Strait. ![]()
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