Paleoindian Period

Paleoindian Period. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Paleoindian Period. Learn about A New Human Culture. Learn about the Paleoindians, or 'First Indians', who populated the American continent about 11,500 years ago.
• Discover how analyzing the tools and weapons found at key archaeological digs in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado have given us detailed information about how the Paleoindian cultures lived.
• Explore the unique culture from the mammoth hunters to the buffalo hunters to the ancestors of today's Native American cultures.
• Describe the North American climate during and after the Pleistocene age.
• Learn different types of dating methods, including Carbon 14 dating, tree-ring dating, and stratigraphy.
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