HIST 3071 Exam 2 #1 Question with verified answers
Paleo-Indians - √√8-10K years ago
late stages of ice age
nomadic
adapted w/ environment
direct ancestors of later Louisiana NA groups
Meso Indians - √√6500-2000 BC
lived at permanent sites
limited agriculture--corn, beans, squash
relatively soph religious beliefs, elaborate burial sites
mound builders
Neo Indians - √√2000 BC--1600 AD
lived in permanent settlements
noted for intercropping
harvest became religiously sig
more soph religion
built temples atop mounds
*poverty point*
Atakapas - √√Southwest LA
affected most by euro disease
, "eaters of men"
largest of 6 original tribes
most war like tribe
Caddoan Tribes - √√agricultural
soph government/religion
attempted to co-exist with euro
permanent villages--timber and thatched roof
Tunica Tribal Groups - √√highly developed economy--active commercial networks
trading salt
hunting, fishing, subsistence ag
perm villages but more nomadic than cado
moved south after european contact (banks of MSR north of BR)
"Avoyle" group from Natchez absorbed after moving south
Natchez - √√"a noble people"
elaborate pre war ceremony
military opponent for French
# had declines by time of French colonization in 1600s
Choctaw - √√displaced by GB settlement
became largest and most widespread in LA
peacefully supported themselves as hunters, selling game to euro
subs farming
Paleo-Indians - √√8-10K years ago
late stages of ice age
nomadic
adapted w/ environment
direct ancestors of later Louisiana NA groups
Meso Indians - √√6500-2000 BC
lived at permanent sites
limited agriculture--corn, beans, squash
relatively soph religious beliefs, elaborate burial sites
mound builders
Neo Indians - √√2000 BC--1600 AD
lived in permanent settlements
noted for intercropping
harvest became religiously sig
more soph religion
built temples atop mounds
*poverty point*
Atakapas - √√Southwest LA
affected most by euro disease
, "eaters of men"
largest of 6 original tribes
most war like tribe
Caddoan Tribes - √√agricultural
soph government/religion
attempted to co-exist with euro
permanent villages--timber and thatched roof
Tunica Tribal Groups - √√highly developed economy--active commercial networks
trading salt
hunting, fishing, subsistence ag
perm villages but more nomadic than cado
moved south after european contact (banks of MSR north of BR)
"Avoyle" group from Natchez absorbed after moving south
Natchez - √√"a noble people"
elaborate pre war ceremony
military opponent for French
# had declines by time of French colonization in 1600s
Choctaw - √√displaced by GB settlement
became largest and most widespread in LA
peacefully supported themselves as hunters, selling game to euro
subs farming
