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CHAPTER 6

Early Societies in the Americas and


Oceania
Chronology For The Americas
• 13000 BCE Human migration to North America from
Siberia
• 8000-7000 BCE Origins of agriculture in Mesoamerica
• 4000 BCE Origins of maize cultivation in Mesoamerica
• 3000 BCE Origins of agriculture in South America
• 1200-100 BCE Olmec Society
• 1000-300 BCE Chavin Cult
• 200 BCE-750 CE Teotihaucan Society
• 300-1100 CE Maya Society
• 300-700 CE Mochica Society
Chronology for Oceania
• 60,000 BCE Human migration to Australia and
New Guinea
• 3000 BCE Original of agriculture in New Guinea
• 3000 BCE Austronesian migrations to New
Guinea
• 1500-500 BCE Lapita Society
• 1500 BCE – 700 CE Austronesian migrations to
Pacific Islands
Early Societies of Mesoamerica
• 13000 BCE Human
Migration to North
America
• Early Agriculture 8000-
7000 BCE
• Ceremonial Centers
• The Olmecs 1200-100 BCE
– Society
– Trade Networks
– Cultural Traditions
– Decline and
Early Societies of Mesoamerica
• The Maya 300-700 CE
– Kaminalijuyu
– Mesoamerican Lowlands
– Tikal
– Maya Warfare
– Chichen Itza
– Maya Decline
Early Societies of Mesoamerica
• Maya Society & Religion
– Social Hierachy
– The Maya Calendar
– Maya Writing
– Religious Thought
– Bloodletting Rituals
– The Maya Ball Game
Early Societies in Mesoamerica
• The City of Teotihuacan
200 BCE to 750 CE
– Society
– Cultural Traditions
– Decline
Early Societies of South America
• Early Andean Society
• Early Agriculture in
South America
• The Chavin Cult 1000-
300 BCE
• Early Cities
Early Societies of South America
• Political and Economic
Integration of the
Andean Valleys
• The Mochica State 300-
700 CE
Early Societies of Oceania
• 60,000 BCE Human
migration to Australia &
New Guinea
• Hunter/Gatherer
Societies in Australia &
New Guinea
• Austronesian Peoples
– Migration to New Guinea
3000 BCE
• Early Agriculture in New
Guinea 3000 BCE
Early Societies of Oceania
• Peopling of the Pacific
Islands 1500 BCE to 700
CE
– Austronesian Migrations
to Polynesia
– Austronesian Migrations
to Micronesia &
Madagascar
Early Societies of Oceania
• The Lapita Peoples
1500-500 BCE
• Chiefly Political
Organization

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