Adena culture, 71–73
agriculture/farming, 10, 11–13, 18, 21, 22–23, 25–27, 33, 38–41, 49, 51, 52–53, 58, 60, 62, 65, 66, 68–69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77
Americas, origins of early civilizations in the, 10–20
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture, 60–66, 67, 68, 70
Archaic cultures, 11, 16–20, 21, 60, 71
end of period, 20
innovations of, 17–18
Avenue of the Dead, 34–36
agriculture, 38–39
intellectual achievements, 43–44
religion, 44–46
settlements, 39–41
society, 42–43
Spanish conquest of, 46
technology and arts, 41–42
cliff dwellings, 64–65
Clovis culture, 14–15
pre-Clovis cultures, 16
“colossal heads” of Olmec, 23
Cortez, Hernando, 46
human sacrifice, 30, 31–32, 33, 37, 43, 46, 59
accounting, 58
agriculture, 52–53
religion, 57–59
settlements, 53–55
society, 57
technology and arts, 55–56
Machu Picchu, 55
mathematics, 30–31
Maya, the, 21, 24–33, 36–37, 70
agriculture, 25–27
decline, 32–33
intellectual achievements, 30–31
religion, 31–32
settlements, 27–28
society, 29–30
technology and arts, 28–29
Middle America, civilizations of, 12–13, 21–46
Mississippian culture, 71, 75–76
Northern America, prehistoric farming cultures of, 13, 60–77
in East, 71–76
in the Plains, 77
in Southwest, 60–71
Old Copper culture, 20
Olmec, the, 21–24
Paleo-Indians, 12, 13–16, 17, 18
Pizarro, Francisco, 59
Plains Woodland/Village peoples, 77
Pyramid of the Sun, 34–35
religion, 30, 31–32, 33, 37, 43–46, 57–59, 76, 77
South America, civilizations of, 12, 47–59
Spanish, the
Tenochtitlán, 38, 40, 41, 43, 46
tools, ancient, 14–16, 18, 20, 41, 55–56, 73, 74
Topiltzin, 36