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    The document summarizes the early histories of indigenous peoples in the Americas. It describes how early Americans hunted game and later farmed, developing skills and larger communities. Early Mesoamerican societies like the Olmec built pyramids and monuments, developed trade networks and ceremonial centers. Early South American societies such as the Chavin and Nazca established religious sites, advanced irrigation for farming, and crafted artworks and textiles.

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    The document summarizes the early histories of indigenous peoples in the Americas. It describes how early Americans hunted game and later farmed, developing skills and larger communities. Early Mesoamerican societies like the Olmec built pyramids and monuments, developed trade networks and ceremonial centers. Early South American societies such as the Chavin and Nazca established religious sites, advanced irrigation for farming, and crafted artworks and textiles.

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    The Earliest Americans Early Mesoamerican Societies Early South American Societies

    Hunted big game and later The Olmec designed & build The Chavins established
    fished and gathered berries and pyramids, plazas, and powerful religious centers &
    plants monumental sculptures created influential artistic styles
    Lived in small groups, as they They developed ceremonial The Nazca & Moche developed
    had to move continually in centers, ritual ball games and a extensive irrigation systems for
    search of food ruling class farming
    Eventually developed farming Olmecs directed a large trade They crafted intricate ceramics
    and settled down into large network throughout and textiles and other
    communities Mesoamerica decorative art
    Developed various new skills, The Zapotec built a magnificent
    including arts and crafts, urban center at Monte Alban
    architecture, and social and and developed early forms of
    political organization hieroglyphic writing and a
    calendar system
    Gradually forged more complex
    societies

    Source: World History: Patterns of Interaction by Beck et. al, HMH. p.250.

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