HIST 1501 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Native American Religion, Medicine Man, Chaco Culture National Historical Park
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No more than a single group of europeans/africans. & lived in numerous kinds of societies: many, descended from hunters/fishers across the bering strait, others, arrived by sea from asia/pacific islands. North/south america contained cities/roads/irrigation systems/ extensive trade networks/large struct. Inca: linked by complex syst. of roads/bridges 2,000 mi (along the andes) Lacked technology europeans mastered: metal tools & machines, gun powder, scientific knowledge 4 long dis. navig. Native americans constructed large commun. centered on series of giant semicircular mounds overlooking mississ. Ri (louisiana, spot known as poverty point: commercial/governmental center. Hopi/zuni ancestors settled village 4 over 3,000 years: built planned towns w large multi-family dwelling in canyons, made dams/canals 2 gather & distribute water, & conducted trade w groups from central mexico & mississ. Ri valley: pueblo bonita, largest struct. , chaco canyon in new mexico. 5 stories w over 600 rooms: after decline mostly due 2 drought, survivors moved south & east. Had complete irrigation systems for watering crops.
