Relacionar Columnas Early American CivilizationsVersión en línea Matchem' por Steve Proctor 1 Aztec 2 Anasazi 3 Their towns were called pueblos by the Spanish. Their ancesters would be called Pueblos and they lived near the 4 corners region of the USA. 4 Lived at high altitudes in South America. 5 Hohokam 6 Traded - Studied the stars - grew crops - built pyramid style temples whose stairs added up to 365 (wow) 7 Their sculpting of giant stone heads is an example of leisure time the tribes in colder climates did not have. 8 Mound Builders 9 Inca 10 Olmec 11 They were the civilization closest to Indiana (some lived in Indiana. 12 Maya Maya Settled in what is now Mexico City -- they drained swamps - created chinampas - dominated their neighbors until the Spanish came. Olmec Mound Builders Studied the stars - made a 365 day calendar - their language is still spoken in parts of Mexico Corn growers who lived in the Midwest and Southeastern parts of the USA. Anasazi Irrigated the desert near Phoenix Cliff dwellers from the area of NW New Mexico. They traded sandals and turkey feather blankets. Likely the first farmers - Located along the Gulf of Mexico around 1500BC Inca Potato growers from south of the equator - Gold - terraces - rope bridges - quipu