HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iroquois, Stay Cool, Environmental Determinism
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More active and human roles v. traditional portrayals: origins. Indian beliefs: they have always been here, stories usually depict animals and the environment. Anthropologists say they came over from asia about 18-40 thousand years ago: diversity of native americans. Diversity comes from the environment: pueblo culture. Hopi, zuni, and others in modern-day arizona. Built adobe pueblos in cliffs or atop mesas: easier to stay cool, could easily see advancing attackers, good for storage facilities. Farmed mainly corn beans, and squash ditch irrigation: pacific northwest cultures. Little room for agriculture> relied mainly on salmon and whales. Potlatch: the higher up you were, the more you could accumulate. Used totem poles to display their history: mound builder culture. Known for their burial mounds and other earthworks: effigy burial mounds shaped like animals. Diverse economy: women in the fields; men hunting, iroquois confederation. Political sophistication of confederation: seneca, onondaga, oneida, cayuga, and mohawk. Environmental determinism: the great plains by walter p. webb.
