WDW101Y1 Lecture Notes - Beringia, Mound Builders, Kennewick Man
16 May 2013
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Beringia land bridge connecting siberia to north america. Migration from asia 70 000 14 000 years ago. 8000 b. c. the ice shelf began to melt. Does not relate to the natives that arrived over from the land bridge and dates back earlier to their arrival. Established after an era of hunting/gathering and finding a lush and warm environment to settle and start to cultivate agriculture and establish a permanent settlement such as: Majority of the people that came over the land bridge moved either down south toward central america or east coast of north america known as northeastern woodlands . Climate change in eastern north america causing the ice shelf to recede flooding the land bridge and creating the rich soil area of the. Northeastern woodlands as well as the subsequent barren canadian. 500-1300 a. d. iroquoian language groups settled in the great lakes area. Built to be easily constructed as well as taken down easily.
