ART HIS C139A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Laguna De Los Cerros, Olmec Heartland, Olmec Colossal Heads
Document Summary
These are the first states that have ever existed in this region. Stewardship: these people maintain a very close relationship with their environment. They think of the entire landscape as a sort of garden. American indian people think of their environment as having souls, so by definition, they treat the environment as a living being. One of the great contributions of the western hemisphere is this diversified diet. These diets contain three main elements: maize, beans, and squash. Someone discovered that if you place teosinte seeds in water, you get a sort of fermented drink, close to beer. In the americas, this gave rise to villages. People were able to move off of their sustenance that focused on big game and traveling, allowing them to move towards the domestication of plants and animals. They were able to evolve and leave the migration way of life.
