CCS 141A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mesoamerican Chronology, Tonatiuh, Mastodon
17 Jan 2018
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When did humans first arrive in america? . Scientists believe 14,000 years ago (12,000 bc) Idea that people crossed a land bridge (that no longer exists) exposed during an ice age. Some scientists question bs theory and saying it is false/myth. Earliest evidence of human activity in north america is in clovis, new mexico (found arrowheads) The native american population, indians, and indigenous. This is a debate, there are many differing opinions on these questions. People who migrate from country x to country y. From mexico - are indigenous people (14,000 years) Bones were broken, theory that humans neanderthals lived in america. 1992-scientists discover 130,000 year old mastodon bones in san diego. Mexica (machica) - original people of valley of mexico. 1492 - cc arrives in the bahamas. Knowledge was based on bible (not science) Dogma - bering strait (taught as truth, mixing religion with public education) - no longer true. Bering strait theory and prehistoric and archaic period.
