6 Responses to “History of the Native Americans in North America during the bronze age through the midieval period?”

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   constellation said on February 2nd, 2010 at 4:46 am

   Well, no bronze or iron age, no middle ages. Lack of written language means that oral stories are the only clue. Oklahoma has the largest Native American population and you might start looking thru some of their websites.
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   jerry g said on February 2nd, 2010 at 5:10 am

   go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American
   choose one and keep searching
   or here http://www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/anth7_hist1.html
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   lockedjew said on February 2nd, 2010 at 5:33 am

   Yes, we definitely know a good deal about the history of Amerindians between the start of the (Eurasian) Bronze Age and the start?/end? of the (Eurasian) Medieval period. Where on the American continents are you looking for Amerindian history?

   Best search term is "librarian". Go to your school library, ask the librarian.
   That notwithstanding, your best bets for search hits would be the names of civilizations:
   the Maya were a highly influential civilization in the Yucatan peninsula, so you could try searching them if that fits your course requirements.
   Could also use wikipedia to generate civilization names: search civilization you know about, and the page will probably have a link to a timeline or cluster of articles about other civilizations in the same geographic area, going back quite a ways.
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   ryskien said on February 2nd, 2010 at 6:13 am

   That is a tough one. A majority of the peoples of North America during this time period did not keep a defined written history. Most of it was passed down from generation to generation orally through stories. Much of what we do know comes from modern archeological sites and basically what amounts to speculation.
   The best bet on finding something more solidly documented would probably be found looking in the areas of Mexico and Central America (Aztecs, Incas, etc.) There is more evididence available that is in the form of written records from those areas then from what is now the United States.
   If possible, you also may want to consider trying to contact some of the existing Native American tribal representatives to find out if there is some form of their histories that can be found.

   Good luck, you picked a tough one to find out about.
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   Medieval re-enactor.

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   Chris said on February 2nd, 2010 at 6:49 am

   Research Cahokia Mounds or the Mississippians. They are near St Louis.

   They were the ones who built America’s (USA) Pyramids, and they have a lot of other interesting tidbits.
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   Brother Ranulf said on February 2nd, 2010 at 7:38 am

   There was no Bronze Age or Medieval period in north America. The natives went straight from a stone age culture to the modern period. Bronze age, Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Viking, Medieval are all periods of European history and can not be applied to the Americas.

   The fact is that although the whole of North and South America retained neolithic culture until white contact, certain native cultures also evolved rudimentary metalworking techniques.

   This ranged from the very crude use of native copper in the Great Lakes and Central America regions to casting gold and other metals in central and South America. This is still part of a Stone Age technology, however.
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