1. CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICAS
Dr. Afxendiou
Sachem North High School

2. Early Human Migrations

4. Precolumbian America

5. Four zones of civilization
• Mississippi
–Woodland
• Anasazi
–Southwest
• Mesoamerica
–Central
America
• Andean

6. North American civilizations
Mississipian Civilizations-
-“Mound Builders”
- Hopewell civilization:
100 BC to 1000 AD
Anasazi
based on desert
irrigation
• Urban centers in
cliffs for protection

7. Charleston area of Kanawha County,West Virginia
Charleston area of Kanawha County,West Virginia. For perspective, the person in this photo is five feet tall. Archaeologists' work suggests that the mound was built between A.D.1 and 500 by the Hopewellian mound builders. At the base of the mound the excavators found a crematory basin, and higher up in the mound, they found at least four skeletons. 

8. the Anasazi Civilization
Cliff dwellings of
the Anasazi Civilization

9. MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS
OLMEC 1400 B.C.E. – 500 C.E.
MAYAN 250 – 900 C.E.
TOLTEC 950 – 12TH C.E.
AZTECS 13TH – 16TH Century
SOUTH AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
INCA 13TH – 16TH Century