{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/c3b15c03-91fd-4759-a510-22929c8e3a5a/69ba6fadefe096304cb77a6c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"233. 500s BC The Americas part 3: Strangling walruses, farming deserts, and a North American slave trade","description":"<p>Our final episode on the America's in the 500s BC delivers all the details and fun you expect from a Fan of History episode. Before the Inuit. Before the Pueblo cities. Before the great trade networks of later centuries.</p><p><br></p><p>Across the northern half of the Americas, very different societies were adapting to some of the most challenging environments on earth.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode we explore:</p><p>• The Dorset culture of the Arctic — among the most skilled cold-climate hunters in ancient history</p><p>• The rise of complex chiefdoms among the hunter-gatherers of the Pacific Northwest and California</p><p>• Early farmers and mobile societies across the Great Basin, Southwest, and Plains</p><p>• The continental trade networks moving shell, obsidian, copper, jade, feathers, and more across vast distances</p><p><br></p><p>Long before famous civilizations appeared, the Americas were already deeply connected.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel!</p><p><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/@WhatsNewinHistory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com/@WhatsNewinHistory</a></p><p><br></p><p>This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski.</p><p><br></p><p>Contact information:</p><p>E-mail: zimwaupodcast@gmail.com</p><p>http://facebook.com/fanofhistory</p><p>https://twitter.com/danhorning</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/</p><p><br></p><p>Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse.</p><p>Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020</p>","author_name":"Dan Hörning & Bernie Maopolski"}