Middle American Indian Peoples


These include Meso-American Indians, Caribbean, and Southwest American peoples.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience Sociology Peoples of the world American Indian peoples Meso-American Indian peoples Caribbean peoples Southwest American Indian peoples

These include Meso-American Indians, Caribbean, and Southwest American peoples.

Meso-American peoples

These are found principally in Mexico and immediately neighboring countries. They include tribes and langauge groups such as the Amuzgo, Chontel (Oaxaca, Tabasco), Maya (Cakchiquel, Ch'ol, Itza, Yucatan), Matlazinca, Mixe, Mixtec, Nahuatl/Aztec, Pipel, Popoluca, Tlahuica, Toltec, Zapotec, and Zoque.

Caribbean peoples

These are found in Southern Central America and in the Caribbean Islands. These include the Arawak, Bogota, Boruca, Bribri, Buglere, Cabecar, Carib, Caquetio, Changuena, Corobici, Cueva, Cuna, Dorasque, Garifuna, Guajiro, Guaymi, Huetar, Inyeri, Island Carib, Maleku, Miskito, Paraujano, Pech, Rama, Shebayo, Taino, Teribe, and Voto tribes.

Southwest American peoples

These are found in Mexico and the Southwest United States. Apache, Navajo, Havasupai, Hualapai, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pima Bajo, Mojave, Akimel O'odham (Pima), O'odham (Papago), Hopi, Pueblo, Yaqui, Zuni, Huichol, Karankawa, Mayo, Opata, Quechan, Seri, Tarahumara, Tepehuan, Tohono, Tubar, Cocopa, Cora, and Guarijio tribes are included.


History Little is known of these in prehistory including middle prehistory and late prehistory except that the area was peopled and civilization and culture were developing. Antiquity This includes most of what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States.	Links to other sites: Southwest American Meso-American Caribbean
I do not yet have details of the 5th millennium BC including the early 5th millennium BC, the early mid 5th millennium BC, the mid 5th millenium BC, the late mid 5th millennium BC, or the late 5th millennium BC. I do not yet have details of the 4th millennium BC including the early 4th millennium BC, the early mid 4th millennium BC, the mid 4th millennium BC, the late mid 4th millennium BC, or the late 4th millennium BC. I do not yet have details of the 3rd millennium BC including the early 3rd millennium BC, the early mid 3rd millennium BC, the mid 3rd millennium BC, the late mid 3rd millennium BC, or the late 3rd millennium BC For the 2nd millennium BC I do not yet have details of the early 2nd millennium BC, the early mid 2nd millennium BC, the mid 2nd millennium BC, the late mid 2nd millennium BC, or the late 2nd millennium BC. In the early first millenium BC a major civilization, called the Olmecs was present. I do not yet have details of the 10th century BC, the 9th century BC, the 8th century BC, the 7th century BC, or the 6th century BC. Classical and medieval history I do not yet have details for early classical times including events of what is now Mexico during the 5th century BC, the 4th century BC, the 3rd century BC, the 2nd century BC, or the 1st century BC. I do not have much details on late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, or 5th century, although I have some interest in this period. I lack details of early medieval times including events of Mexico including the 6th century CE, 7th century CE, 8th century CE, 9th century CE, and 10th Century CE. I also lack information on late medieval times, including events of Mexico in the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, and 14th century. For the 15th century, I do not yet have details of the Southwestern American Indian peoples in what is now the Southwestern United States. Modern history In modern times, these peoples have been subjugated and partly absorbed into Western civilization. Many of the details are associated with the history of Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba. The 16th century, including the conquest of Mexico can be examined. I do not yet have details for the early 16th century, the early mid 16th century, the mid 16th century, the late-mid 16th century, or the late 16th century. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, late-mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be considered. The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 19th century, late-mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be considered. In the 19th century, their ancient cities in Mexico were being explored and rediscovered. Details of the early 19th century, early-mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late-mid 19th century, and late 19th century are not yet present. In the 20th century, some of their history in Mexico can be considered. Details of the early 20th century are obscure. The early mid 20th century including the early 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. The mid 20th century including the early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be connected. The late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be considered. The late 20th century including events of Mexico in the early 1980s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and late 1990s can be connected. Events of the early 21st century are submerged, largely in Mexico. The early 2000s and late 2000s including 2006 and 2007 are important. Events of 2008 including the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter can be considered. Events of 2009 can be connected. Events of 2010 can be connected. The first quarter 2010 including January 2010, February 2010, and March 2010 and the second quarter 2010 can be connected. Their future including the near future, middle future, and far future is obscure.
Other Sociology There are connections with other peoples including particular nations. These include: Mexico Guatemala Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Puerto Rico Other nations such as the United States, China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Russia are more distantly connected. These are connected to other American Indian peoples and have been heavily influenced by Western Civilization. There are also connections to Asiatic peoples and African peoples. Communities can be connected. Social structure and change Social change Particular changes such as the agricultural revolution, agrarian revolution, and industrial revolution can be connected.The agrarian revolution including bronze age developments, early iron age developments, late iron age developments, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including early industrial revolution, late industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution can be considered. Social change processes including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be connected. Social change factors such as institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change can be considered. Social types including hunting and gathering society can be connected. Industrial society including late industrial society, middle industrial society, and early industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society including early modern society, late Iron age society, early Iron age society, and Bronze age society can be connected. Horticultural society can be connected. Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be connected. Institutions Religion can be connected. Particular religions were principally pagan, but are now partly replaced by Abrahamic religion. Secularism and Asiatic religion are less connected. Religious organization has involved some aspects of highly structured religion, but appears to be somewhat fragmented and somewhat unstructured. Religious practice can be connected. Religious belief can be considered. Government including particular governments, government activity, government structure, and law can be connected. Economics including economic systems, industries, and economic activity can be considered. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be considered. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected. Culture Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communications technology, transportation technology, clothing and dress, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected. Anthropology Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including North American geography can be connected. Human ecology including human influence on the environment, relations with other life, and environmental influence on people can be connected. Physical anthroplogy including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be considered. Demography including population change, population size and structure, mortality, migration, and birth can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation can be connected. Personal studies including the human body and psychology can be connected. Biography can be connected. Science including biology, earth science, astronomy, chemistry, and physics can be connected.

History

Little is known of these in prehistory including middle prehistory and late prehistory except that the area was peopled and civilization and culture were developing.

Antiquity

This includes most of what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Links to other sites:
Southwest American
Meso-American
Caribbean

I do not yet have details of the 5th millennium BC including the early 5th millennium BC, the early mid 5th millennium BC, the mid 5th millenium BC, the late mid 5th millennium BC, or the late 5th millennium BC. I do not yet have details of the 4th millennium BC including the early 4th millennium BC, the early mid 4th millennium BC, the mid 4th millennium BC, the late mid 4th millennium BC, or the late 4th millennium BC. I do not yet have details of the 3rd millennium BC including the early 3rd millennium BC, the early mid 3rd millennium BC, the mid 3rd millennium BC, the late mid 3rd millennium BC, or the late 3rd millennium BC For the 2nd millennium BC I do not yet have details of the early 2nd millennium BC, the early mid 2nd millennium BC, the mid 2nd millennium BC, the late mid 2nd millennium BC, or the late 2nd millennium BC. In the early first millenium BC a major civilization, called the Olmecs was present. I do not yet have details of the 10th century BC, the 9th century BC, the 8th century BC, the 7th century BC, or the 6th century BC.

Classical and medieval history

I do not yet have details for early classical times including events of what is now Mexico during the 5th century BC, the 4th century BC, the 3rd century BC, the 2nd century BC, or the 1st century BC. I do not have much details on late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, or 5th century, although I have some interest in this period. I lack details of early medieval times including events of Mexico including the 6th century CE, 7th century CE, 8th century CE, 9th century CE, and 10th Century CE. I also lack information on late medieval times, including events of Mexico in the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, and 14th century. For the 15th century, I do not yet have details of the Southwestern American Indian peoples in what is now the Southwestern United States.

Modern history

In modern times, these peoples have been subjugated and partly absorbed into Western civilization. Many of the details are associated with the history of Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba. The 16th century, including the conquest of Mexico can be examined. I do not yet have details for the early 16th century, the early mid 16th century, the mid 16th century, the late-mid 16th century, or the late 16th century. The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, late-mid 17th century, and late 17th century can be considered. The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 19th century, late-mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be considered. In the 19th century, their ancient cities in Mexico were being explored and rediscovered. Details of the early 19th century, early-mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late-mid 19th century, and late 19th century are not yet present.

In the 20th century, some of their history in Mexico can be considered. Details of the early 20th century are obscure. The early mid 20th century including the early 1920s, late 1920s, early 1930s, and late 1930s can be connected. The mid 20th century including the early 1940s, late 1940s, early 1950s, and late 1950s can be connected. The late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s can be considered. The late 20th century including events of Mexico in the early 1980s, late 1980s, early 1990s, and late 1990s can be connected.

Events of the early 21st century are submerged, largely in Mexico. The early 2000s and late 2000s including 2006 and 2007 are important. Events of 2008 including the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter can be considered. Events of 2009 can be connected. Events of 2010 can be connected. The first quarter 2010 including January 2010, February 2010, and March 2010 and the second quarter 2010 can be connected.

Their future including the near future, middle future, and far future is obscure.

Other Sociology

There are connections with other peoples including particular nations. These include:

Other nations such as the United States, China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Russia are more distantly connected. These are connected to other American Indian peoples and have been heavily influenced by Western Civilization. There are also connections to Asiatic peoples and African peoples.

Communities can be connected.

Social structure and change

Social change

Particular changes such as the agricultural revolution, agrarian revolution, and industrial revolution can be connected.The agrarian revolution including bronze age developments, early iron age developments, late iron age developments, and modernization can be connected. The industrial revolution including early industrial revolution, late industrial revolution, and late industrial revolution can be considered. Social change processes including innovation, transmission, adaptation, and extinction can be connected. Social change factors such as institutional change, cultural change, demographic change, and natural change can be considered.

Social types including hunting and gathering society can be connected. Industrial society including late industrial society, middle industrial society, and early industrial society can be connected. Agrarian society including early modern society, late Iron age society, early Iron age society, and Bronze age society can be connected. Horticultural society can be connected.

Social structure including community and regional structure, class structure, institutional structure, cultural structure, and anthropological structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion can be connected. Particular religions were principally pagan, but are now partly replaced by Abrahamic religion. Secularism and Asiatic religion are less connected. Religious organization has involved some aspects of highly structured religion, but appears to be somewhat fragmented and somewhat unstructured. Religious practice can be connected. Religious belief can be considered. Government including particular governments, government activity, government structure, and law can be connected. Economics including economic systems, industries, and economic activity can be considered. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be considered. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected.

Culture

Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphic arts, and language can be connected. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communications technology, transportation technology, clothing and dress, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected.

Anthropology

Particular groups can be connected. Human geography including North American geography can be connected. Human ecology including human influence on the environment, relations with other life, and environmental influence on people can be connected. Physical anthroplogy including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be considered. Demography including population change, population size and structure, mortality, migration, and birth can be connected. Social foundations including social group behavior, social group types, social control, social interaction, and social presentation can be connected.

Personal studies including the human body and psychology can be connected. Biography can be connected.

Science including biology, earth science, astronomy, chemistry, and physics can be connected.