Late Period Cultures of the Pacific Coast
Lecture no. 22 from the course: Ancient Civilizations of North America
Taught by Professor Edwin Barnhart | 35 min | Categories: History
From southern California to Alaska, witness a vast array of complex hunter-gatherer cultures that thrived along the Pacific Coast for centuries before European contact. In this most densely populated area of the continent—and its most culturally and linguistically diverse—peoples developed highly stratified societies, sophisticated systems of resource distribution and trade, advanced methods of food storage, and unique artwork.