ANT200Y1 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 - pp. 230-232; 288-297, Ancient North America

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North america can be divided: artic and subarctic, eastern woodlands, plains, Introduction: colonization of na after 15 kya (thousand years ago, earliest na groups known as paleoindians (only about a dozen in southern ontario, ca. 10 kya in na: broad spectrum economies (take advantage of all types of resources) "archaic period" populations (after 10 kya) o: h&g (hunters & gatherers); small mammals, fish, seeds and nuts (broad spectrum) The sw - introduction: major cultural traditions in the archaeology of the "greater southwest" (utah, New mexico, colorado & arizona: hohokam ad 300 - 1500, mogollon 300 bc - ca. Ad 1150: ancestral pueblo (anasazi) ad 1 - present, these traditions grew out of earlier archaic cultures. These archaic traditions : were largely h&g, even after they adopted early var. of maize ca. 2000 bc: selection and hybridization gave rise to more productive variety (ma z de ocho) ca. 500 bc: combined ma z de ocho with bean ca.

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