What do we know about the Pre-Columbian Americas?

Unit 8 Discussion: What do we know about the Pre-Columbian Americas?
Initial Post Instruction:
Using ONLY the sources available under one of the subheadings below, explain: (1) what kinds of sources we have to examine your chosen civilization; and (2) what the linked sources suggest were the most important developments in your chosen civilization. You can page through exhibits, databases, and articles if they are more than one page, but do not use outside sources to develop your points.
Develop your initial post into several paragraphs totaling about 200 words. Successful posts will reference course materials and contribute to new points of discussion.
Response Posts Instruction:
Then put up 2 response posts to explain what gaps exist in our knowledge and what challenges researchers face when they study the pre-Columbian past. Use what you have read for this assignment and what your peers have posted to discuss: (1) what we know with some confidence, based on the linked sources; and (2) identify what we don’t know or what we are unsure about. Develop each of your response posts into at least 100 words each. When discussing the listed sources, please refer to them by name.
Sources for Inca:
Smithsonian Exhibit
The Incas’ Knotty History
Inca Pottery
Inca textiles
Inca Engineering
Inca mummy
Inca agriculture
Guanman Poma
OR
Sources for Cahokia:
Designed landscape
Cahokia artifacts
burial mounds
regional influence
decline of Cahokia
OR
Sources for Olmecs:
Stone heads
jade artifacts
white clay sculptures
stone block
stone block 2
regional influence

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