History: The Prehistoric Desert People

As you go along in History you see there are many other American Indian tribes. The Prehistoric Desert People for example have seven tribes. They are Mogollon, Hohokam, Puebloans, Effigy Moundbuilders, Adena, and lastly Hopewell. Each one of these tribes had a different way of life. it could of been the way they hunt. the way they crop, or even the way their homes were built.

The Mogollon settled across New Mexico and Arizona. Their children watched over the crop while the mothers wove baskets and the fathers hunted. The Hohokam tribe occupied south-central Arizona from Flagstaff south of to the Mexican border. These people were famous for their intricate works with shells. Also their trading was was told to be thriving. The Hohokam tribe

can no longer be found they disappeared from archaeological records.

Going along the Indian tribes the Puebloans seem to be known for their basket making. Farming replaced hunting in their life and they made their own tools for farming and building. They were very productive in their environment. The Effigy Mound-builders spread-ed out as far as Dubuque, Iowa to south Minnesota. Also out towards southern Wisconsin from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan and along Wisconsin-Illinois boundary. They were known to build linear or long rectangular mounds that they used for ceremonial events or seasonal observances. Much of the data on this people group has been inconclusive to us today.

The last two Indian Tribes are Adena and Hopewell. The Adena tribe lived in southern Ohio. They were the first people in their region to cultivate crops, use pottery vessels and many more things. Lastly the Hopewell tribe flourished in Ohio and parts of the eastern North America. They lived in small villages called Hamlets . Along with cropping and building earth works which are ceremonial places, they made pottery that was very thin and refined. This people group became very self-sustaining.

Since learning about Indians and about their life style we are able to connect the dots with other historical events that have happened in the past. In November 4, 2014 a young boy found a Clovis point in New Jersey in the ocean. He took it to the New Jersey State Museum and learned that it was used for hunting. The New Jersey archaeology said it was buried for at least a thousand years but was about 13,500 to 14,000 years old. To this day it is put along with the many other Indian hunting tools.