HIST 2055 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Consumerism, Yellow Fever, Samuel Parris
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America: some came via boat from taiwan, people were coming & going, 3 primary migrations, 40,000 16,000 years ago, most came to north america 15,800 19,600, 12,000 years ago, 9,000 years ago a. the land bridge closed, numbers, 18 20 million indians in 1492, native american culture & society, ancient cultures. In america: indians or native americans: origins, clovis culture (~13,500 13,000 years ago, named for the dig site where they first found arrowheads (in new mexico) places, clovis points replaceable spear points, very widespread their arrowheads were found in far, the first monolithic culture to spread in north america, they hunted wooly mammoths (so much that they are now extinct, over time, this culture seals off because they aren"t moving in chase of their prey eventually they die out, poverty point (~3,400 years ago, center of trade in north louisiana, built mounds which become important to people living along the.
