GGR240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Drum, Clovis Culture, John Cabot
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** tutorial monday 12- 2 sid smith 1080 (alexis mitchell) Key points from last week: Theories of migra@on over bering land bridge, consensus evidence of clovis culture, challenges to this consensus. Southwest- the subject of the second ny times ar@cle) Prelude to colonialism: the norse. Cannibals and cursing: columbus and the new world". Pu\ng america on the map. Backstabbing but the most important source of con ict was seizure of land by europeans. Loss of land and a way of life. Come for possession and for resources. Create rivalries, shi^ trading allegiances also possible to consider the e ects of disease as a form of collision (ecological imperialism) Exchanging goods with people also a ects their culture. It"s not exactly assimila@on, more like blending of two or more cultures to create new forms. Limits to this three- part model these are not exclusive or all- encompassing. It"s o^en to address con ict, administra@on comes a^er war.
