HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Clovis Culture, Indigenous Peoples Of The Eastern Woodlands, Floodplain
Document Summary
North american political and social diversity and change. The expansion and globalization in the early modern world. Around 50 mil people in north and south america. The reason that people migrated over the ice bridge was because on climate change. People crossed the ice bridge between 15-12000 years ago. The only reason they could cross was because of the low sea level that exposed the land bridge. The people were following the animals who where headed to north america when the ice melted causing the sea level to raise they stayed in the. These animals were easily hunted by groups of people but not individuals. North america went from a uniform culture to a diversified culture. The first group was the clovis people in 10 thousand bc. We know they were all over north america because we have found there types of spears all over north america. The first major culture change was after the mega fauna died off.