Prehistory: Southwest
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Geography, Archaeology
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: North America
- Date: c. 10,000 -c. 1540
Article abstract: The tribes of the early Southwest developed sophisticated dwellings and agricultural systems.
Archaeologists have determined that the first people in the Southwest were nomadic hunting and gathering peoples who drifted into the region in small groups in the late Pleistocene period. These people, known in archaeological literature as the Cochise, had minimal tools and equipment, although some of their stone implements were expertly flaked into beautiful spear points and knives. There are several different groups of these “early man points,”...
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