en-academic.com

List of archaeological periods (North America)

  • ️Tue Mar 28 2006
List of archaeological periods (North America)

Many archaeological periods, cultures, complexes, and peoples have been identified in North America.

Five Stage Classification

One of the most enduring classifications of archaeological periods & cultures was established in Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips' 1958 book "Method and Theory in American Archaeology." They divided the archaeological record in the Americas into 5 phases. These are:

*The Lithic stage
*The Archaic stage
*The Formative stage
*The Classic stage
*The Post-Classic stage

For more detail on these five major stages, which are still in use in Mesoamerican archaeology, see Mesoamerican chronology and Archaeology of the Americas. Also refer to the articles for each stage.

Cultural and chronological table for Lower Mississippi Valley

References

*cite book | author=Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips | title=Method and Theory in American Archaeology | publisher= University of Chicago Press| year=1957 | id=ISBN 978-0-226-89888-9
*cite book | author=Milanich, Jerald T. | title=Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe | publisher=Gainesville, Florida | year=1995 | id=ISBN 978-0-8130-1360-2
*cite web | first=Jerald T. |last=Milanich | year=1990 | title=State of Florida Office of Cultural and Historical Programs. "Florida Historical Contexts" | format=PDF | work=Florida Historical Contexts | url=http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/contexts/ | accessdate=2006-03-28
*cite web | author=Milanich, Jerald T. & Claudine Payne (ed.) | year=1993 | month=September | day=27 | title=State of Florida Office of Cultural and Historical Programs. "Historic Contexts" (in full) | format=DOC | work=Florida Historical Contexts | url=http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/contexts/comp_plan.doc | accessdate=2006-03-27
*Milanich, Jerald T. (1998) "Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the Present." University Press of Florida. ISBN 1-8130-1599-5
*Milanich, Jerald T. (1994) "Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida." University Press of Florida. ISBN 1-8130-1273-2
*cite web | title=National Park Service Southeast Archaeological Center - The Woodland Period (ca. 2000 B.C.- A.D. 1000) | format=HTM | work=Outline of Prehistory and History | url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/woodland.htm | accessdate=2006-04-03
*Philip Phillips (1970). "Archaeological Survey In The Lower Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, 1949-1955"(Part One). Published by the Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 77-80028.

ee also

* List of archaeological periods - parent page
* Archaeological culture
* Archaeology of the Americas
* Mississippian culture

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Look at other dictionaries:

  • North America — North American redirects here. For other uses, see North American (disambiguation). North America Area …   Wikipedia

  • List of pre-Columbian cultures — Pyramid of the Sun and Avenue of The Dead, viewed from the top of Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacán, Mexico, 100 200 CE This list of pre Columbian cultures includes those civilizations and cultures of the Americas which flourished prior to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Mott Archaeological Preserve — Mott Mounds 16 FR 11 Layout of the mounds at the Mott Site …   Wikipedia

  • Cloverdale archaeological site — The Cloverdale archaeological site (23BN2) is an important archaeological site near St. Joseph, Missouri. It is located at the mouth of a small valley that opens into the Missouri River. It was occupied by Kansas City Hopewell (ca. 100 to 500 CE) …   Wikipedia

  • Portal:North America — Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology …   Wikipedia

  • List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …   Wikipedia

  • Moundville Archaeological Site — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …   Wikipedia

  • List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama — …   Wikipedia

  • List of cities by time of continuous habitation — This is a list of present day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited. The age claims listed are generally disputed and may indeed be obsolete. Differences in opinion can result from different definitions of… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1995 — This is a complete list of all 1,872 Statutory Instruments published in the United Kingdom in the year 1995. NOTOC 1 100* National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 S.I. 1995/1 * Plymouth… …   Wikipedia