ANTH 346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Soconusco, Balsas River, Cassava
12 Dec 2019
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Initial occupation of nw between 20,000 and 14,000 bp. Hoyo negro girl (near tulum) dated to 12,900-12,700 bp. Time of settlement yucatan peninsula was grassier, with larger game. Clovis earliest tool assemblage in nw that is clearly identified. Monte verde dated to 14,500 bp as of 2017. Paleoindian sites are pretty sparse, maybe points, fire pits, etc. In the popol vuh they make people out of corn, and we don"t know archaeologically about maya origins due to the large area, forest cover, etc. See settlement of americas by boat as probable considering speed of arrival in sa, Paleoindian ends around 10,000 bce and archaic starts, it gets warmer and wetter, less megafauna is most of the new world but in mesoamerica is gets hot and dry and so a. Maize is domesticated in the balsas river area of guerrero by 6000-7000 bce, teosinte was transformed into maize.
