OUTLINE
THE FIRST TEXANS
I. Paleolithic
period (9,000 B.C. - 6,000-B.C.)
A. paleoindians arrive (~11,000 years ago) big-game hunters
C. extinctions
II. Archair
period (6,000 B.C. - 500 A.D.)
A.
still
hunters and gatherers
B.
rich
cultural life
C.
spread
throughout Texas
III. Late
Prehistoric period (500 – 1528)
A.
complexity
1.
in
manufactures
2.
in
weapons and tools
3.
in
tribal structure
IV. Historic
period (1528 – modern times)
A. Cabeza de Vaca
B.
major
Indian cultures, ca. 1528
1.
Atakapans
2.
Karankawas
3.
Coahuiltecans
4.
Jumanos
5.
Apaches
6.
Caddos
i.
Natchitoches
ii.
Kadohadacho
iii.
Hasinai
C.
Population: ~200,000 (?)