ca. 35,000 - 10,000 B.C.
Wisconsin
Glaciation: During
the coldest point of the last Ice Age, ca. 35,000 to 10,000
B.C., ice covered a large portion of Europe. A drop of more
than 330 feet in sea level exposed dry land around the world's
coastlines and uncovered bridges between land masses that
had been separated by water. The Bering land bridge between
Siberia and Alaska was approximately 1000 miles wide; Australia,
Tasmania and New Guinea were one continent; Britain was joined
to Europe and Indonesia was part of mainland Southeast Asia.
ca. 10,500 B.C.
- Evidence of human presence at Monte Verde, Chile.
- Evidence of people living in the Southwestern region of Turtle Island, now known as Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
ca.10,000-9,000 B.C.
The Ice Age ends as the Wisconsin glaciation retreats from America.
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Pleistocene Period
During the Pleistocene, glaciers covered much of North America. During the height of the Wisconsin Glaciation (c.17,000-13,000 B.C.) ice formed a continuous sheet across North America, preventing any over land migration from Alaska into the the Great Plains of North America.
The Ice Age Ends
The Ice Age ends with the final retreat of northern glaciers.
At the beginning,
the sea everywhere covered the earth. Above extended a swirling cloud,
and within it the Great Spirit Moved. Primordial, everlasting,invisible
on- mipresent--the Great Spirit moved. Bring forth the day, the night,
the stars. Bringing forth all of these to move in Harmony.
Wallum Olum