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The culture thrived from 2200 BCE to 700 BCE, during the Late Archaic period. [16] Evidence of this culture has been found at more than 100 sites, from the major complex at Poverty Point, Louisiana (a UNESCO World Heritage site) across a 100-mile (160 km) range to the Jaketown Site near Belzoni, Mississippi.
The Antelope Creek phase was an American Indian culture in the Texas panhandle and adjacent Oklahoma dating from AD 1200 to 1450. [1] The two most important areas where the Antelope Creek people lived were in the Canadian River valley centered on present-day Lake Meredith near the city of Borger, Texas, and the Buried City complex in Wolf Creek valley near the town of Perryton, Texas.
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American urban culture, which flourished in the South and Eastern regions of the United States prior to the arrival of White settlers. The Five Civilized Tribes is a term used for five major indigenous tribes who lived in the Southeastern United States .
A majority of the world’s food supply originates from North America. Much of that was cultivated by the Native peoples who stewarded the land before the Pilgrims arrived. According to Gokey ...
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492.
Only a few documents were hidden and thus remain today, leaving modern historians with glimpses of ancient culture and knowledge. From both indigenous American and European accounts and documents, American civilizations at the time of European encounter possessed many impressive attributes, having populous cities, and having developed theories ...
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author and science writer Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas. It was the 2006 winner of the National Academies Communication Award for best creative work that helps the public's understanding of topics in science, engineering or medicine.
Williamson shares behind-the-scenes stories and explains why he has to 'criticize" himself for the show's lack of diversity on its 25th anniversary. 'Dawson's Creek' at 25: Creator Kevin ...