PRE- HISTORY OF AMERICA

“PRE-HISTORY” OF NORTH AMERICA

The people of North America: 1500 BC - 1500 AD

Paleo-Indian where the firth people who entered, and inhabited, America during the final glacial episodes of the late Pleistocene period.

The original people of North America live in a wide range of environments. On the east side of the continent, there are woodlands, where they kill elk and deer.

 On the grass plains of the Midwest, they hunt to extinction several American species, including the camel, mammoth and horse. 

In the desert regions of the southwest, human subsistence depends on smaller animals and gathered seeds. 

In the Arctic north, where there is very much more hunting than gathering, fish and seals are plentiful.


Pre-columbian era

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the indigenous peoples of North America were divided into many different polities, from small bands of a few families to large empires. 

With the development of agriculture in the south, civilizations, as the Mayas started to, developed a more complexed culture.

 Myths
The mythologies of the indigenous peoples of North America comprise many bodies of traditional narratives associated with religion from a mythograohical perspective. 

This spiritual stories are deeply based in Nature and are rich with the symbolism of seasons, weather, plants, animals, earth, water, sky, and fire.

 Traditional worship practices are often a part of tribal gatherings with dance, rhythm, songs, and trance

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