Prehistoric Cultures of North America THE PALEO INDIANS
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Prehistoric Cultures of North America THE PALEO INDIANS
Paleo Indians �The Paleo- Indians are the ancestors of all the contemporary Indian tribes in the Americas. �Paleo means “Old”. �Paleo Indian culture was diverse in its many forms. Some groups were predators, some farmed as the need arose.
The Bering Land Bridge Theory �Beringia is the name of the land bridge that was used to connect Asia to North America during an ice age. �It is believed that this land bridge was used by early humans to migrate to North America 15, 000 years ago. �They were following prey.
Tools of the Paleo-Indians �Paleo Indians hunted, farmed and gathered. �They used stone-tipped spears used to hunt mastodons, wooly mammoths, giant beavers, giant sloths, and bighorn bison. �They used natural flood patterns to irrigate crops.
Paleo Indians of the Southwest �Hohokam Resided in central and southern Arizona and northern Mexico �Mogollon Resided in Eastern New Mexico �Ancestral Puebloans Anasazi � Resided in northern Arizona and northern New Mexico
The Hohokam �Paleo Indians of the Salt River Valley and southern Arizona. �There are many petroglyphs within Phoenix city limits. �They developed a very accurate solar calendar system. Skywatchers of the Sonoran Desert. http: //www. youtube. com/ watch? v=JGki. Cu. SVs 1 Q �Ticket Out: Write 3 things that you learned today that you didn’t know when you walked in the door.
