Native American Prehistoric Occupation

You're probably wondering who are the Paleo-Indians? Well the Paleo Indians were known as Native Americans. Archeologists assume that the Paleo Indians,were sometimes referred to as Clovis people. The Paleo Indians lived 15000 B.C. to the end of the Pleistocene Ice Age at about 7,000 B.C. Paleo Indians were originally natives of Asia, who migrated to our continent near the end of the recent Ice Age. The Paleo Indians were believed to be nomadic, meaning they were always moving, so they traveled in small groups of 20 to 50 people. Since they were always on the move they traveled light.

Have you ever wonder how the world was created from another culture’s perspective? Native Americans used creation myths to explained to their people how the world was developed overtime. Creation myths are a big part of the Native American culture. they have been passed down from generation to generation. In the creation myths, harmony with nature, rituals, and strong social values are shown in each myths. The purpose of having strong social value in these myths is to teach younger Native Americans valuable lesson if they ever do something bad. These myths reveals how the rituals were created and their intentions for doing it. Creation myths has harmony with nature in it to show a very close kinship between them

In the Eastern Woodlands, the native Iroquoian people populated the area, who set fires twice a year to clear away underbrush to allow an easier hunting season. In addition, they had no universal style of government, with many organized into chiefdoms. Near The Great Lakes, there were several different types of natives collectively called the Anishinaabe. Many Europeans found that the Anishinaabe had a vast social landscape, with the peoples of the Ottawas, Ojibwas, and Potawatomis. Additionally, these people would use canoes to travel across the Great Lakes. Towards the west in the Great Plains, the Comanches were formidable people of the vast territory. They rode on horseback to dominate their enemies, and would mainly hunt Bison.

The relationships between Native Americans and Archeologist has been difficult to say the least. In the past archeologists have never been seen in a positive light by Native Americans. The relationship between us has improved with the passing of NAGPRA. However, there are a lot if things that need to be done to make a permeant change. The way to change the relationship between us and them is a simple idea but a difficult undertaking. First we need to make all the laws that involve native American antiquity have more effect. This laws, if broken, should have a real punishment to the people that broke them. If we can show Native American that we are trying to make a change at the governmental level that could translate to a change in community relationships. Additionally, there needs to be more community involvement, whether that is inviting native people work on sites, or having more indigenous archeologist. Overall if we want to continue to learn about the past, archeologists must make a change for the future.

Native American culture originated in some parts North America. These countries are known as the United States of America and some parts of Canada. In the United States, there are 6.6 million Native Americans, which form about 2.0 percent of the population (Bureau, 2016). Europe had realized there were about 50 million people already living the “new world” and these people were called Native Americans. Native Americans were originally called Indians, but later through history they formed a new name. These people were called this because of them being native to the “new world” and the American part came after the colonist named the United States. Throughout history, Native Americans believed that using raw material in nature was the best way to provide for their people. Their culture thought no part of an animal should go to waste. They would eat the meat, use the skin for clothing, and make jewelry from the bones. Over the years a lot of their culture and customs were lost due to conforming with society. Their languages were referred to as “Indigenous Languages” because of them being extremely complicated and diverse. Some important factors that help understand the foundation of Native American culture are their rituals/practices, death ceremonies, holidays, family, and stereotypes.

When considering excavation methods, the location of the site has to be taken into account, as many archaeological methodologies can cause long-term damage to the site. So considering conservation strategies and methods is crucial. This directly applies to New Kinord, as the

Recently, along the Nebulosas Chain, a string of islands which boasts a dense fog and extraordinary marine life and dots across the the Oceanus Tempestatus from the Digitus Peninsula of Illysium to the shores of Obscurata, four excavations have been undertaken in a bid by Illysium to claim ownership over the isles. While ownership may be impossible for archaeologists to prove, the recovered artifacts and faunal assemblage suggest a strong relationship between subsistence practices and changes in tool technology. Based upon the radiocarbon dates, the absolute date of the volcanic eruption at 3870 ± 40 B.P. as well as the recovered tool kits, I have distinguished between three separate prehistoric periods based upon tool technology:

The early Native American tribes had a huge influence on the United States of America. They saved the early European settlers from death and starvation by teaching them their knowledge of the New World. One of these influential tribes were the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee Indians had a fascinating culture and language that formed an important part of American history.

For years, it had been widely accepted “that small bands of humans carrying a generalized Upper Paleolithic tool kit entered the Americas around 11,500 radiocarbon years before the present” (Waters 1122); and that “Archaeologists called these presumed pioneers the Clovis culture, after distinctive stone tools that were found at sites near Clovis, New Mexico, in the 1920s and 1930s” (Curry 13). However, the “peopling” of the Americas and their presumptive date of arrival is a topic of great debate within the field of Archeology; and the discovery of the Paisley Caves in south-central Oregon has thrown a wrench in the once widely accepted hypothesis that the “Clovis complex is considered to be the oldest unequivocal evidence of humans in the

The United States, before it was called “The United States”, was a vast region west of Europe that housed people of previous indigenous ancestors, the Native Americans. Before Europeans arrived to this New World though, the population was said to be around two to ten million. However, after these land-seeking, gold-hungry European explorers and colonists arrived, the population of the Native Americans eventually decreased dramatically. Diseases like smallpox contributed. Back to pre-Columbus times though, Native Americans were spread out all over North America, and there was large diversity between different Native tribes. Most of these tribes were very centered on religion and the spirit world. A lot of them believed in a single creator,

9). Serpent Mound is well documented and has peaked archaeologist and other researchers interest for a long time, the first excavation dates back to Putnam in the 1890s (Herrmann and others 2014, p. 117). However, the age of construction for Serpent Mound has been a point of contestation for researchers. Researchers propose two time periods for construction, either Adena (~2,300 years ago) or Fort Ancient (~900 years ago) (Herrmann 2014, p. 119). Recently published work, as of 2017, done by Romain and others have provided strong evidence for Adena construction, radio carbon dates from GeoProbe core samples, LiDAR analyses, and electrical resistivity ground imaging surveys support their hypothesis (2017). Despite of initial construction of Serpent Mound, Hermann and Others do not deny that later Fort Ancient and other cultural groups occupied the site, making the site multi-occupational (2014,

Native Americans discovered that the corn plant can be used in many different ways not only as food. This incredible product has being useful around the world to many countries, in modern day there is about 4,000 uses for it. Corn is the reason many did not starve to dead, since it can be harvest and it can last all year round. Around 5000 years ago Natives started cultivating it.

10,000 years ago, Paleolithic Indians inhabited the valley in the area designated by present-day Lewiston and Havana, southwest of Peoria, Illinois. (Guillory, 1990). According to Dan Guillory, these first inhabitants of Illinois thrived on the fish and game, including species such as bison. These Indians continuously returned to various sites throughout the Illinois Valley. These explorations and hunts littered the modern day Illinois valley with artifacts, including fishhooks, spear points and scraping knives. In this modern day valley known as Fulton county, there are over 3,000 Indian mounds and village sites (Guillory, 1990). While most of the anthropological discoveries of artifacts are spear points or pottery fragments, Fulton County

Although shell middens can provide vast information on the chronology of ancient populations and their subsistence patterns, they also pose risk for providing false data as other factors, aside from humans, could have played part in their formation (Stein, 1996). A problem that Stein feels through study of their stratification. As such, Stein investigates whether variations in color pigmentation found in San Juan Island shell midden truly occurred by humans (through technological advancement), weather or a rise in sea-level (Stein, 1996). After testing the site deposits, Stein uncovered that the stratigraphic division within the shell midden was not a product of human construction, but instead, linked to the weathering chemical agent carbonate (Stein, 1996). Stein further asserts her results as a viable example as to why geoarchaeological phenomena must be considered in

The patterning of Fremont material traits has led archaeologists to outline a number of regional variants. The most commonly used model divides the Fremont area into five sub-regions (Marwitt 1970) (Figure 2) based on differences in architecture, ceramics, figurine and rock art styles, and means of subsistence. Traits do not stay contained within sub-regions; rather they