A
From 2000BC- AD250
Preclassic Period
How many languages have been spoken in South America
1000
lived in what is present day Guatemala and Mexico
Olmecs
Mayas' culture developed what?
precise calendar
From 950-1539 AD
postclassic period
Mayas believed supported the sky
ceiba tree
named after a large mound on the 19th century estate in Ohio
Adena mounds
an island in the middle of a lake in Mexico was a capital city for the Aztecs
Tenochtitlan
From 205-900AD
Classic Period
means "the peaceful people"
Hopi
several families sharing a common cutoms
tribes
they were noted for the hundreds of large burial mounds and effigy mounds they built
mound builders
A land bridge also called Beringia
Bering Strait
a mountainous area with steep wooded slopes
Mesoamerica
One of the most famous effigy mounds
great serpent mound
several tribes lived near each other and shared similar customs
culture areas
lived in the valley of Oaxaca
Zapotecs
were a collections of knotted strings used for accounting and recording data
Quipu
2 groups of Mayas directed worship of the gods
shamans and priests
people that lived in Mesoamerica before the Aztecs included
Olmecs and Zapotecs