nomadic

Examples of nomadic in the following topics:

• Migration to North America

  • Civilization in America began during the last Ice Age when nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated across Beringia.
  • The beginning of civilization in America occurred during the last Ice Age when the nomadic, ancestral peoples of the Americas—the Paleo-Indians—migrated into the current-day continental United States and Canada.

• Conclusion: Pre-Colonial Development of North America

  • Many separate indigenous cultures developed and prospered in North America after the first waves of nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated to the continent across Beringia near the end of the Last Glacial Maximum.
  • Civilization in America began during the last Ice Age when nomadic Paleo-Indians migrated across Beringia.
  • While the increasing use of agriculture meant the nomadic nature of many groups was supplanted by permanent villages, intensive agriculture did not become the norm for most cultures until the succeeding Mississippian period.
  • As Southwestern cultural traditions evolved, tribes transitioned from a hunting-gathering, nomadic experience to more permanent agricultural settlements.

• African and Asian Origins

  • Asian nomads are thought to have entered the Americas via the Bering Land Bridge (Beringia), now the Bering Strait, and possibly via watercraft along the Northwest coast.

• Early Lifestyles

  • The Lithic peoples, or Paleo-Indians, were nomadic hunter-gatherers and are the earliest known humans of the Americas.

• The Western Lands

  • Although French fur traders ranged widely through the Great Lakes region, they seldom settled down and instead maintained a nomadic lifestyle.

• Archaeology and History

  • Nomads from Asia are thought to have entered the Americas via the Bering Land Bridge (Beringia), now the Bering Strait, and possibly along the Northwest coast, in waves.

• Southwestern Culture

  • For the Pueblos and other Southwest American Indian communities, the transition from a hunting-gathering, nomadic experience to more permanent agricultural settlements meant more firmly established families and communities.

• Eastern Woodland Culture

  • The growing use of agriculture and the development of the Eastern Agricultural Complex also meant that the nomadic nature of many of the groups was supplanted by permanently occupied villages.