AMIND 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Avocado, Spanish Colonization Of The Americas, San Diego
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0 a. d 1240-1290 a. d = large drought which made growing food hard which eventually lead to collapse because they were very dependent on agriculture. Built giant irrigation canals--thousand miles, not just one but many. Grows crops: not available in europe or asia. Corn, beans(6), squash 3 sisters (tres hermanas) 3/5th of the food we eat today are from the new world . Built: cliff dwellings, 100-400 units large apartment buildings. Indoor toilets, sanitary in disposal of poop. Compared with lusieno, kumeyaay and cahuilla did not collapse. 0-1300a. d: hopewellian *all three of these are midwest tribes. Very in tune with environment, had people who predicted weather: mississippian -ate cbs, tomatoes, wild rice. Death cults: all tribes had death cults but mississippians were main. Sun gods, believed in very strongly that their existence comes from the sun. If you live in a preindustrial society, your environment will determine how you live.
