Subsistence
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Agriculture
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: North America
Article abstract: In their thousands of years of residence in the Americas, Native Americans have obtained their food by various strategies
The Asians who crossed the Bering land bridge and became the first American Indians were hunter-gatherers, relying entirely on the plants and animals provided by nature for their food supplies. Over the millennia, their descendants developed a great variety of ways of gaining their livelihood, some continuing to exploit nature exclusively, some domesticating and cultivating crops, some herding domestic animals, and some...
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