HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Soapstone, Spear-Thrower, Talc
24 Jul 2020
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Culture areas emerged in specific regions and long-- distance groups traded with one another. Bce, many cultures in the middle and eastern u. s. became preoccupied with earthworks, such as the adena complex in the ohio valley (c1000 bce -- c200 bce), and built elaborate tombs with spiritual significance. Middle woodland moundbuilding cultures was the hopewell tradition (c200 bce . 400 ce), which was a mosaic of de-- centralized and horizontal societies, with no supreme or hereditary rulers, organized into clans based on animals. Over the centuries academics have fiercely debated who built the mounds, though most now believe that it was the ancestors of contemporary indigenous peoples. Woodlands (chronological and cultural label) - containers, communities, and cemeteries. First ceramics in americas in lower amazon basin (5500-3000 bce). Woodland people larger, more permanent base camps, increasingly complex and political relationships, relationships that evolved around ancestors and worshiping them.
