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| The following exercises relate to Native North Americans. Answer each of the questions.
Adena Lifeways: Read about the Adena complex from the following link: http://www.mankato.msus.edu/emuseum/prehistory/northamerica/culture/plains/adena2.html. What is the Adena complex most famous for? What is the Serpent Mound? How were tombs constructed? What kinds of tools were used by members of the Adena complex? What are the essential features of the Adena Ritual? Anasazi Decline: Read an article published in the New York times about the disappearance of the Anasazi. http://www.santafe.edu/~johnson/articles.anasazi.html What was the prevailing theory about why the Anasazi declined? What evidence has come to light to re-open the question of the theory? What factors are now being considered as contributing to the collapse of the Anasazi? What was the Kachina religion described in the article? Read about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on the PBS website http://www.pbs.org/wotp/nagpra/ What is NAGPRA? Who has priority over excavated materials? What were some of the criticisms of the Antiquities Act of 1906? What are some of the problems with the implementation of NAGPRA? |