1. Political and Economic Systems
There is no America
Political and Economic Systems

2. Pre-Colonial timeline
Migrations began an estimated 30,000 years ago from Asia to Current day America
Migration via a land bridge connecting Siberia to Alaska
Largest influx in migration around 1200 years ago
North American climate stabilizes around 10,000 years ago

3. Clovis Culture
9,200 BC
Invention of grooved (fluted) stone projectiles
The Clovis Point
First discover around Clovis, New Mexico
Later found across the Americas

4. Folsom Culture
8,900 BC
Refined the Clovis Point to a smaller, thinner spear point
First used a Atlatl, Spear throwing device
Discovered near Folsom, New Mexico

5. Plainview Culture 8,500 BC (plano culture)
Utilized a delicate non-fluted stone
Hunted by mass-attack with intent to drive animals off cliffs
Preserved Meat
First to use grinding stones for meat and seeds
Named for a site in Plainview Texas

6. Northwest Coast Indians
6,500 BC
Southeast Alaska through Coastal California area
Highly structured Caste family system
Multifamily cedar plank homes
Seafaring, canoe building, Skilled craft/woodworking

7. Adena Culture 500-200 BC Mound Builders
Villages of post-and-wattle houses
Farmed: corn, tobacco, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers
Found in Ohio Region

8. Hohokam People AD
First to grow and weave cotton, cultivated corn
Built multistoried buildings (Pueblos)
Constructed an impressive network of irrigation canals
Built pyramids, first to master etching
Arizona

9. Mogollon Culture 300-1100 AD Farmers Pit Houses, later Pueblos
Famous for black & white painted pottery
Found near Arizona/New Mexico Border

10. Anasazi 300-1300 AD Farmers, grew/wove cotton
Well known for their basket weaving, skilled stone work
Astronomers
Developed a solar calendar
Pit Houses then pueblo apartment structures
Four Corners

11. Hopewell Culture 100-500 AD Hunter/ Gathers/ Farmers
Dome shaped burial mounds
Skilled in pottery, stonework, sculpture and metal work
Ohio Valley