FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Stories passed down from previous generations of Native Americans
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Digging up tools used by Native Americans
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From notes written by the first Europeans to arrive in the Americas
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Archeologists make observations about how people lived based on the artifacts and their context – the ground in which they are buried, the environment, and other factors. An observation is information gathered by using one of the five senses. However, artifacts, tell only part of the story.
Detailed explanation-2: -The history of Native Americans in the United States began before the founding of the country, tens of thousands of years ago with the settlement of the Americas by the Paleo-Indians. Anthropologists and archeologists have identified and studied a wide variety of cultures that existed during this era.
Detailed explanation-3: -No fixed versions exist because of the oral tradition. Stories change over time with each speaker. Language is poetic and moving. Interaction with nature is portrayed.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the 1970s, college students in archaeology such as myself learned that the first human beings to arrive in North America had come over a land bridge from Asia and Siberia approximately 13, 000 to 13, 500 years ago. These people, the first North Americans, were known collectively as Clovis people.