HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Holocene Climatic Optimum, Fremont Culture, 0 (Year)
24 Jul 2020
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This week"s lecture explores different kinds of foragers that emerged in four distinct ecological regions in the western part of north america: the great plains, the great. The first two regions had limited economic resources and thus supported small population densities, while the latter two regions were ecologically rich and supported dense populations of affluent foragers. forging in the. Northwest and california coasts, the rich resources allowed for the emergence of highly populous, specialized, and hierarchical societies rich with artistic and technological developments, which was unusual for cultures without agricultural production. Holocene climatic optimum holocene began at the end of the last ice age. Period of climatic warming (except of younger dryas). The holocene climatic optimum lasted from about 9,000 to 5,000 years ago. It was a warm and dry period, also known as hypes the thermal etc. After this time, the climate stabilized up until the little ice age.
