HST 197 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Teotihuacan, Navajo, Distinct Society
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Peoples of north america developed a variety of political, social and cultural traditions. Many people depended on fishing, gathering and hunting. People in interior regions hunted large game. North american people built small scale societies, since food sources could not support large scale populations. The american southwest had prosperous agriculture which allowed for settlements of larger populations. Pueblo and navajo people tapped river waters to irrigate crops such as maize, this was. They also grew beans, squashes, and sunflowers. They hunted game to supplement the rest of their diet. They hot and dry environment sometimes brought drought and famine. Large scale agricultural societies emerged in woodlands east of the mississippi river. They lived in settled communities, surrounded by larger settlements with wooden palisades(defense walls) By 1000, owasco people established a distinct society in upstate new york. By 1400 5 iroquois nations emerged from owasco society.
