Tropical Rain Animals
Ice sheets (2 mil.) Valleys, coast Water, soil Mammals
100K: land bridge Movement
Isolation?
Oil, gas Farmland
44
CA: 12k-15k years
Natives: no metals
“Stone Age” Stone vs. metals
Backwards, inferior? Ignorance Racism: inferiority
Variety
Work division Overlap
300K+: 1769 25K: 1869 5 language groups Hundreds dif. lang.
Gabrielinos - L.A. Chumash- Ven, SB
Mostly peaceful Captives, torture
Chief Council
Housing Fashion? Men: none Women: knee length Body paint
$$: communal Little Except: NW (slavery, wealth)
Most important First: small Evolved
Marriage Formal, honored Ceremony Rituals: jealousy dance Divorce difficult Prostitution?
Games, gambling Hoop and ball “football?”
Premarital sex Adultery, misconduct
Imp. role Leaders, builders
Men Clean, healthy Social?
Shaman “Creator”
Arctic: Inuit (Eskimo)
Anasazi, Pueblo Later: Apache, Navajo
Lakota (Sioux)
Cherokee, Iroquois Wooden longhouse