The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition Roark • Johnson • Cohen • Stage • Hartmann • Lawson The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition CHAPTER 1 Ancient America: Before 1492 Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
Archaeology and History
The First Americans African and Asian Origins Paleo-Indian Hunters
Archaic Hunters and Gatherers Great Plains Bison Hunters Great Basin Cultures Pacific Coast Cultures Eastern Woodland Cultures
Agricultural Settlements and Chiefdoms Southwestern Cultures Woodland Burial Mounds and Chiefdoms
Native Americans in the 1490s
The Mexica: A Meso-American Culture
Chapter 1 Ancient America: Before 1492 Map 1.1 Continental Drift (p. 6) Map 1.2 Native North American Cultures (p. 12) Map 1.3 Native North Americans about 1500 (p. 24) Figure 1.1 Human Habitation of the World and the Western Hemisphere (p. 7) Figure 1.2 Native American Population in North America about 1492 (Estimated) (p. 23) Ancient Agriculture (p. 18) Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (p. 20)