1. Native American cultural regions

4. First peoples 14,000 years ago? Archeological evidence
Arrived in 3 waves
Variations from 40,000 to 14,000 years ago

5. First peoples

6. Clovis culture First discovered in Clovis, NM. 1936
Game hunters (mammoth, bison)
Short duration (200 years? More?)
11,000 years ago

7. Clovis culture
Developed hunting tools
Cause of disappearance unknown

8. Mound builder culture Existed from 3,000 BC to 1500 AD
Located in Eastern US

9. Mound builder cultures

10. Purpose of mounds
Housing?
Burial?
Religious?

11. Mound builder culture

12. Implications Sedentary culture Agricultural societies
Sophisticated social structure

13. Decline of Mound Builders
Caused by
Warfare?
European diseases?

14. Cultural regions

15. Cultural region presentation
Next lesson (Sept. 19)
1-2 minutes
No visuals required
Should:
Describe environment of region
Name a tribe in region
Relate environment to culture/way of life