North American History
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Paleo-Indian period
Archaeologists call the time just after people first
came to North America the Paleo-Indian period. During the Paleo-Indian period,
all the people in North America were nomads
and got their food by hunting
and gathering. Some of these
people stayed in Alaska.
Other people gradually went south and east, looking for warmer weather,
little by little. They hunted the mammoth as they went, and then as the
mammoth became extinct they began to hunt buffalo
instead. They used spears and atlatls
to hunt. After a while (nobody is sure how long), some people reached Central
America and then South
America, while other people reached the east coast
of North America.
By that time, maybe about 8,000 BC, people in North America had developed different languages, and couldn't understand each other talking anymore.
By that time, maybe about 8,000 BC, people in North America had developed different languages, and couldn't understand each other talking anymore.
Go on to the Archaic period
To find out more about North American history before 1500, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
North American
history after 1500 AD
Early North American Government
Main North America page
Main South America page
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