Periods of American History

PERIODS OF
AMERICAN HISTORY
REVIEW HISTORY
EIGHTH GRADE
PERIODS OF HISTORY
AMERICAN
ARCHAEOLOGICAL STAGES
PRECOLUMBIAN OF COLOMBIA
The antiquity of the American occupation by the native peoples is still a
subject of study and research, however, a settlement has been accepted for
America whose archaeological evidence dates back to 30,000 years before
the present era.
The indigenous peoples arrived in the American territory from the north
and south of the continent, through oceanic migrations promoted by the
climatic changes of the last glaciation. Many of them mixed with other
peoples or disappeared, leaving traces that are preserved today as
archaeological heritage.
In the territory of what is now Colombia, these first inhabitants

developed mobile life systems based on hunting and gathering around
14,000-12,000 BC.
• Exploitation of coastal environments, adoption of agriculture and
sedentary residence.
Ceramic and agricultural development oriented towards corn and

cassava crops. New population trends (towards the slopes of the
mountain ranges). Profound transformations in its economic, political
and social system.
PALEOINDIAN 40,000 to 7,000 years
BC
K This period is equivalent to the European Paleolithic and
corresponds
to the time that extends from the arrival of the first men
to America (40,000 BC). C.) until the discovery
of agriculture in Mesoamerica (10,000 BC). C.), and is the
longest period of American Prehistory.
The early Americans were organized into nomadic
bands that dedicated themselves to hunting large
herbivorous mammals and gathering wild fruits.
In the material aspect, the Paleoindian men developed
spear and arrowheads, in addition, some groups located
in the coastal areas specialized in fishing and shellfish extraction
.
ARCHAIC 10,000-2,000 BC
Nomadism has The ancient inhabitants of In the lowland areas of the
seasonal periods and this period left evidence of their
people way of tropical rainforest, small,
settle on the coasts and life in the so-called shell autonomous groups of
valleys middens,
accumulations of shell remains hunters,
along rivers. The gatherers and nomadic
among
harvesting of which are remains of farmers
wild fruits and mollusks bone and stone tools. In
becomes Colombia, the oldest shell occupied the banks of
more intense. The social midden numerous rivers in the
division by sex and found
age to date is that of Puerto
Hormiga,
FORMATIVE 2000 BC until the
century
XVI of the present era
• It extended from although it continued to
the beginning of be a
1200 BC. subsistence economy
from C. to the the without surplus
16th century, San Agustín production. In the social
until the arrival of culture. order, the
first chiefdoms were
the • It was distinguished created, which are
Spanish. He by a more groups made up of
Early technologically several villages,
advanced and the nuclei, rooms
Formative was agriculture, with
characterized by in which, in addition to houses on terraces.
horticultural corn, cassava, potatoes, The cultures of
beans San Agustín,
clans, the and cocoa Tierradentro, Calima,
Momil culture and were grown; Quimbaya, Sinú and
) Half
Tumaco flourished.
• There was
advanced
agriculture
with
developed
techniques, such as
irrigation and
water conduction. A
social
stratification and
an advanced
political-
administrative
system emerged.
Funerary cults
reveal
an intense religious
life. The
representative
cultures of this
period were the
Tayrona and the
Muisca
CLASSIC 1st to 10th
centuries AD C.
• During this period
, the Mayan culture,
the first civilization on
the continent,
had its birth, peak and decline. The
Classic period was characterized by the
transformation
of
Can
the Formative lordships or chiefdoms High
into states or civilizations, development of
particularly this stage, a situation
in Mesoamerica and the that
Central Andes. politically was
scientific
• The development of condensed in knowledge
large cities is a characteristic of the increase of the ,
especially
Civilization Knowledge
s
power of the top
leader and that in the social
aspect was manifested in
a
growing specialization of work
functions.
STClassic Century
arrival of the conquistadors
MILITARY STATES
• This stage was characterized by the

emergence of military and the Incas.
states that expanded
across their
respective zones of
influence and that
had the clear purpose
of establishing
political and
economic dominance
over the conquered
territories.
• The civilizations
that reached this
level of
cultural
development
formed true
empires
and in
America there were
only two cases: the

Aztecs
Routes of the settlement of America
• "The black lines mark the settlement of
America from Siberia, carried out basically by
Mongoloid groups, descendants of Homo
Sapiens Sapiens that emerged in Africa and
entered the European and Asian continents.
The grey lines indicate the navigation paths
proposed by those theories, not accepted by
the bulk of the scientific community, on the
settlement of South America from Oceania.
• Taken from LogosHM

Periods of American History

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Periods of American History

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Periods of American History

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

PERIODS OF

In the territory of what is now Colombia, these first inhabitants

Ceramic and agricultural development oriented towards corn and

• This stage was characterized by the

only two cases: the

You might also like