1. Pre Columbian America

2. People and Terms Mound Builders Desert Valley Dwellers
Adena
Hopewell
Mississippian
Desert Valley Dwellers
Anasazi
Hohokam
Central American
Mayan
Incan
Olmec
Aztec

3. Adena
BCE
Considered to be the ancestor to many tribes near the Ohio River Valley
Practiced Shamanism
The Shaman has the ability to interact and manipulate the “spirit world” for enlightenment and guidance

4. Adena Mound

5. Hopewell
More of a system of interaction extending from modern day Louisiana all the way to Ontario
Intricate trade route

6. Hopewell Art

7. Hopewell Continued
Hopewell is more of a group of people tribes rather than one civilization of people
They interacted with the Adena
A lot of sub cultures within one umbrella civilization

8. Extinction of the Hopewell Exchange
Possible reasons?
Why wouldn’t we know?

9. Mississippian
Mound Builders
800 CE to 1600 CE

10. Mississippian
Stretched their trade network to the Rocky Mountains, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico and to the Atlantic ocean
A lot is known about this culture
Why don’t we teach this Culture in schools?
The Kincaid Site

11. De Soto
Conquered the Mississipian

12. Desert Dwelling Societies

13. Anasazi Dine for “The Ancient Ones”
Ancestor of the Modern day Pueblo and Navajo CE
Pottery
Desert Farmers
Settle in Fertile valleys near rivers

14. Where did they go? Again no one knows
Notice the intricacies and the extensive rock carvings
Slowly evolved and shrank into the modern day Pueblo
Chaco Canyon

16. Hohokam Prehistoric much like the Anasazi 200-1400 CE
Settled between Gila and Salt rivers
Hohokam is said to be Pima for “those who have vanished”

17. Buildings As the civilization evolved, so evolved their building style
Homes become more solid and permanent
They start growing cotton
Making Canal systems and Irrigation
Pottery becomes more detailed

18. Eventually the Hohokam start building massive multi storied community houses
Canals become more intense, more than 150 miles of canal systems
Renovated and put back into use in the 20th century

19. Central and South American Tribes

20. Olmec 1500-400 BCE (Oldest of the Civilizations)
Located in the lowlands of the Gulf of Mexico
Jade artifacts are common
Farmers and traders
Not much is known about the Olmec disappearance

22. Jade Heads The most recognizable artifact is the Olmec heads
Believed to be the heads of leaders

23. Inca 1438-1533 CE Largest of the Pre Columbian south American empires
Capitol City of Cusco
Conquered by the Spanish in 1572
Polytheistic
Oral tradition

24. Inca Speak the language of Quechua, still around today
Origin of 4 caves
Conquered by Pizarro
Very intricate and efficient road system
Eradicated by disease before Spanish Conquistadors arrived

25. Machu Picchu

26. Mayan
Seriously, there’s too much to follow on the Mayan. All you need to know is the calendar, they lasted the longest, and they are the only civilization with a fully functioning language

27. Mayan The coincidentally accurate calendar
The only known fully developed writing system in the Pre Columbian American World

28. Maya
2000 BCE CE

29. Aztec Definitely the most famous of the 4 Conquered by Cortez
Bring human sacrifice to a whole other level
Tenochtitlan

30. That’s a Wrap