HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Mound Builders, Radiocarbon Dating, Indigenous Peoples Of The Eastern Woodlands
19 Sep 2013
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First nations before 1500: origins of the native peoples the ice age and the spread of peoples, the. Prevailing theory is that the natives travelled over from asia. In chile, evidence of humans 12,500 years ago. Use radio carbon dating (bone with pattern marks) The ice age 20,000 years ago reached its max extent and began to retreat/ changed the way land looks. By 12000 most of canada was occupied by humans. Natives say they have been here since earth was formed and is literal b/c earth was changing when they arrived. To do this they had to be sedentary. Enormous influence on algonkian/iroquoian people: diversity of the native people coastal people, plains people, plateau people, arctic and subarctic peoples. Natives are categorized by language, culture and geography. Coastal people had the most sophisticated complex social hierarchy from slaves to kings. Coastal people are built around the sea. System of wealth distribution called potluck (much like social welfare)
