Native America & First Contact

The First Americans and Migration Theories
• Bering Land Bridge and early migration theories
• Clovis culture and Paleo-Indian life
• Early settlement across the Americas

Pre-Civilization Americas
• Environments and cultural adaptation
• Early agriculture and village life
• Oral traditions and archaeological evidence

Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
• Ancient Mesoamerica: Olmec, Zapotec, and Teotihuacan Civilizations
• Pyramid building and religion
• Early trade routes

The Maya Civilization
• City-states and kingship
• Writing and astronomy
• Collapse and legacy