-In 1935, the people who first came to the Americas were named "The Clovis"
-Original term: The Kaia-Vaha according to magihistorians like Utoipius Black
-In 1935, wizardkind linked the terms and named them the Clovis
-2 phoenixes in pic
-magical ppl and muggles lived in unity
-MP (magical people) helped Muggles hunt megafauna (large creatures like wooly mammoths)
-Clovis died out during Mass Cooling, a climate change
-MP used warming charms, Clovis died of hypothermia

~Olmecs

-Vastly important
-first use of hierarchy
-MP first 2 "classes"(rulers and shamans), then Muggle priests, then laborers, artisans, and farmers
-Rulers were representative of gods
-Created the Great Pyramid, in La Venta in Tobasco, Mexico
-Great monument to Muggle-MP collabing
-MP move stone, Muggles carve and craft it

~Mayans

-lived around when Olmecs did
-lasted longer
-lived in South America and southern parts of Mexico
-"early" and "middle" blocks of time were pre-classical from 2000-350 BC, full history stretches till 250 CE
-Some of the first to use village-oriented lifestyles
-MP learned to plant and grow food
-Used jade and obsidian for the first form of divination
-Many like Professor Anne Barkum believe this
-Strong, rich culture
-had their own writing system, language, and an entire sociology

~Assignments

-2 Mandatory Quizzes