The Original Americans The Western Hemisphere, ca. 30,000 BCE-1200 AD.
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The Original Americans
The Western Hemisphere, ca. 30,000 BCE-1200 AD
The Original Americans
Approximately 30,000 years B.C.E.
“Highways” of Migration
The Paleolithic and Archaic ErasPaleolithic: ca. 35000 BCE to 9000 BCE Hunter-gatherers, nomadic lifestyle
Archaic: Environmental Transitions Domesticated Agriculture Semi-Nomadic & Sedentary Societies
The Formative Era ca. 2000 years in duration—through 200 AD Types of social organization Early, middle, late Formative period The Olmecs
San Lorenzo La Venta Characteristics Legacy
Peru: Chavín de Hunatar Religious Function
The Decline: after 200 BCE
Olmec Artifacts
Monte Albán in the Classic Era
The Zapotecs Relations with
Teotihuacán Social
hierarchy The role of
violence and the military
Monte Albán
Monte Albán
Monte Albán
“Classic” Era Societies Teotihuacán
The city The population Three types of
empire military commercial cultural &
religious The end of the city
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán
Teotihuacán—Pyramid of the Sun
Teotihuacán—Pyramid of the Moon
Teotihuacán—The Avenue of the Dead
The Classic Maya
Traits of Maya Civilization Older Perceptions of the Maya Regions and Polities The End of the Classic Era, ca.
900 CE What Happened? Various Theories
Maya Hieroglyphs
Maya Hieroglyphs
Maya Hieroglyph (Detail)
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza
Palenque
Palenque
Palenque (Carving Detail)