HSTR 210A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cliff Palace, Pueblo Bonito, Indigenous Peoples Of The Eastern Woodlands
13 Sep 2016
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Viking had already travelled, 1000-1500, fairly prominent contact with vikings in north america. Development of the usa was not foreseeable construct, transcontinental states east to west (unusual) rather than north south (normal) Story of origin in the americas; locations-valley, inlets. No claim to one creation story- depends on the experiences that the natives had in the region: whether there were orca, ravens, beavers or turtles in mythology. In common: stories of creation in the land (americas) Western theories would make it a story; ocean floor was exposed 2,000ft, between serbia and. Alaska, that"s how populations in east asia migrated through alaska down to the americas. Ice shields opened; coastal and hudson for populations to migrate. Causes a different theory: what if they came down the coast by boat: can travel distances and migrate down south easier, but doesn"t explain where they originally stared from, nor what people they are.
