Native American Dress Detail
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Native American Dress Detail
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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The history of Native Americans in the United States began in the Pre-Columbian era with the settlement of the Americas by the Paleo-Indians. A wide variety of cultures in the era prior to European contact have been identified and studied. European contact had a profound impact on the history.According to the most generally accepted theory of the settlement of the Americas, migrations of humans from Eurasia to the Americas took place via Beringia, a land bridge which connected the two continents across what is now the Bering Strait. The number and composition of the migrations is still being debated. Falling sea levels associated with an intensive period of Quaternary glaciation created the Bering land bridge that joined Siberia to Alaska about 60,000 to 25,000 years ago.The latest this migration could have taken place is 12,000 years ago; the earliest remains undetermined.Three major migrations occurred, as traced by linguistic and genetic data; the early Paleoamericans soon spread throughout the Americas, diversifying into many hundreds of culturally distinct nations and tribes.By 8000 BCE the North American climate was very similar to today's. A study published in 2012 gives genetic backing to the 1986 theory put forward by linguist Joseph Greenberg that the Americas must have been populated in three waves, based on language differences.More information on Wikipedia.
FEATURED 5/10/16 in "Images That Excite You"
FEATURED 11/28/23 in "1000 Views"
FEATURED 2/21/24 in "Lady Photographers"
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October 31st, 2014
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Dylyce Clarke
Congratulations, your picture has been FEATURED on the home page in the group LADY PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS on February 21, 2024. You are invited to add this featured image to the group discussion page "FEATURES ARCHIVE Jan-April 2024.”
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Joan Carroll
congrats on reaching 500+ views!
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you Joan and for all your support of so many of your fellow artists here on FAA!