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Cultures to Know NM1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chinchorro | were a hunting and shing people who lived from 10,000 to 3,400 BC on the Pacific coast of South America, at the edge of the Atacama desert. They were among the rst people in the world to mummify their dead. |
| Olmec | the 1st civilization in Mesoamerica, the Olmecs are credited, or speculatively credited, with many "rsts", including the bloodletting and perhaps human sacraice, writing and epigraphy, and the invention of popcorn, zero and the ... |
| Teotihuacan | is known today as the site of many of the most architecturally signicant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas, namely Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon |
| Mogollon | known for the distinctive black-on-white pottery of the Mimbres Mogollon. Close ties with the Ancestral Puebloans to the north, the Hohokam and Patayan cultures to the west, and the cultures of Mexico |
| Hohokam | were farmers who grew corn, beans, squash and agave. They also grew cotton for textiles. |
| Pueblo Ancestors | lived in a range of structures that included small family pit houses, larger structures to house clans, grand pueblos, and cliff-sited dwellings for defense. |
| Pueblo | religion all things had a spirit called a kachina. They carved kachina dolls that represented different spirits. They did not have a written language. |
| Navajo | society was organized through matrilineal kinship; small, independent bands of related kin generally made decisions on a consensus basis. |
| Apache | was a nomadic group, and their lives revolved around the buffalo The .rst Indian tribes to learn to ride horses, and they quickly began using horses in order to hunt the buffalo. |
| Ute | were originally hunters, traders and seed gathers from the Great Basin cultural group of Native Indians. |
| Aztec | Discovered chocolate and were one of the most inspiring—and horric—civilizations ever. Centered on the city of Tenochtitlan in the middle of Lake Texcoco, they built a civilization based on agriculture, sacrifice and, of all things, cleanliness. |
| Navajo Tradition | Their arts, including weaving, basket making, pottery making, and jewelry making continue to be passed on to daughters and granddaughters. |
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