Anasazi
Aztec
Traded - Studied the stars - grew crops - built pyramid style temples whose stairs added up to 365 (wow)
Their sculpting of giant stone heads is an example of leisure time the tribes in colder climates did not have.
They were the civilization closest to Indiana (some lived in Indiana.
Hohokam
Inca
Their towns were called pueblos by the Spanish. Their ancesters would be called Pueblos and they lived near the 4 corners region of the USA.
Olmec
Lived at high altitudes in South America.
Mound Builders
Maya
Potato growers from south of the equator - Gold - terraces - rope bridges - quipu
Inca
Studied the stars - made a 365 day calendar - their language is still spoken in parts of Mexico
Cliff dwellers from the area of NW New Mexico. They traded sandals and turkey feather blankets.
Likely the first farmers - Located along the Gulf of Mexico around 1500BC
Mound Builders
Olmec
Corn growers who lived in the Midwest and Southeastern parts of the USA.
Maya
Irrigated the desert near Phoenix
Anasazi
Settled in what is now Mexico City -- they drained swamps - created chinampas - dominated their neighbors until the Spanish came.
