List of Archaeological Periods (North America) - Table of Archaeological Periods North America

Table of Archaeological Periods North America

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Paleo Indians (Lithic stage)
(18,000 BCE - 8000 BCE)		 Clovis culture c. 13,500 BCE - 11,000 BCE
Western Fluted Point Tradition c. 11,200 BCE - 9000 BCE, California
Post Pattern c. 11,000 BCE - 7000 BCE, NW California
Folsom tradition c. 9000 BCE - 8000 BCE
Dalton Tradition c. 8500 BCE - 7900 BCE
Archaic period, (Archaic stage)
(8000 BCE - 1000 BCE)		 by Time Period Early Archaic
8000 BCE - 6000 BCE		 Plano cultures
Paleo-Arctic Tradition 8000 BCE - 5000 BCE
Maritime Archaic
Red Paint People
Middle Archaic
6000 BCE - 3000 BCE		 Chihuahua tradition c. 6000 BCE - c. 250 CE
Watson Brake and Lower Mississippi Valley sites c. 3500 BCE - 2800 BCE
Late Archaic
3000 BCE - 1000 BCE		 Arctic Small Tool tradition 2500 BCE - 800 BCE
Aleutian tradition 2500 BCE - 1800 BCE
Poverty Point culture 2200 BCE - 700 BCE
by Location Great Basin Desert Archaic
Middle Archaic
Late Archaic
Great Lakes Old Copper Complex c. 4000 BCE - c. 1000 BCE
Mesoamerica Mexican Archaic
Southwest: Southwestern Archaic Traditions Archaic–Early Basketmaker Era c. 7000 BCE - c. 1500 BCE
San Dieguito-Pinto tradition c. 6500 BCE - c. 200 CE
Chihuahua (Southeastern) Tradition c. 6000 BCE - c. 250 CE
Oshara (Northern) Tradition c. 5500 BCE - c. 600 CE
Cochise Tradition 5000 BCE - 200 BCE
California Millingstone Horizon (or Encinitas Tradition) c. 5500 BCE - 1500 BCE
Intermediate Horizon (or Campbell Tradition) c. 1500 BCE - 1000 CE
Southeast Elliott's Point complex 2000 BCE - 700 BCE
Mount Royal culture 5000 BCE - 2000 BCE
Norwood culture 2000 BCE - 500 BCE
Orange culture 2000 BCE - 500 BCE
Poverty Point culture 2200 BCE - 700 BCE
Stallings Island (St. Simons) culture 2500 BCE - 1000 BCE
Thoms Creek culture 2500 BCE - 1000 BCE
Post-archaic period, (Post-archaic stage)
(1000 BCE - present)		 in North Norton tradition Choris Stage c. 1000 BCE - 500 BCE
Norton 500 BCE - 800 CE
Ipiutak Stage 1 CE - 800 CE
Dorset culture 500 BCE - 1500 CE
Thule people 1000 CE - 1600 CE
in Southwest
and by Pecos Classification		 Early Basketmaker II Era 1200 BCE - 50 CE
Late Basketmaker II Era 50 CE - 500 CE
Basketmaker III Era 500 CE - 750 CE
Pueblo I Era 750 CE - 900 CE
Pueblo II Era 900 CE - 1150 CE
Pueblo III Era 1150 CE - 1350 CE
Pueblo IV Era 1350 CE - 1600 CE
Pueblo V Era 1600 CE - present
in Southwest
and by peoples		 Ancient Pueblo Peoples (Anasazi) 1 CE - 1300 CE
Hohokam 200 CE - 1450 CE
Fremont 400 CE - 1350 CE
Patayan 700 CE - 1550 CE
Mogollon 700 CE - 1400 CE
in East
and by peoples		 Early Woodland Period
1000 BCE - 1 CE		 Adena culture 1000 BCE - 100 BCE
Deptford culture - Atlantic region 800 BCE - 700 CE
Deptford culture - Gulf region 500 BCE - 200 CE
Middle Woodland Period
1 - 500		 Hopewell culture 200 BCE - 400 CE
Havana Hopewell culture (a Hopewellian culture) 200 BCE to 400 CE
Kansas City Hopewell (a Hopewellian culture) 100 BCE – 700 CE
Swift Creek culture (a Hopewellian culture) 100–500 CE
Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture (a Hopewellian culture) 100–300 CE
Marksville culture (a Hopewellian culture) 1 - 400 CE
Fourche Maline culture 300 BCE to 800 CE
Copena culture (a Hopewellian culture) 1 - 500 CE
Late Woodland Period
500–1000		 Baytown culture 300–700 CE
Plum Bayou culture 400–900 CE
Troyville culture 300–700 CE
Coles Creek culture 700–1100 CE
Mississippian culture
900–1500
(ending with European contact)		 Early Mississippian culture 1000 - 1200 CE
Middle Mississippian culture 1200–1400 CE
Late Mississippian culture 1400–1500 CE
(or European contact)
Fort Ancient (a non-Mississippian culture) 1000 - 1550 CE
in Florida and adjacent parts of Alabama and Georgia, by culture Belle Glade culture 1050 BCE - European contact
Glades culture 550 BCE - European contact
Manasota culture 550 BCE - 800 CE
St. Johns culture 550 BCE - European contact
Caloosahatchee culture 500 BCE - European contact
Weeden Island culture
100–1000 CE		 Weeden Island I, including 100–750 CE
- Cades Pond culture 100–600 CE
- Kolomaki culture 350–750 CE
- McKeithen Weeden Island culture 200–750 CE
Weeden Island II, including 750–1000 CE
- Wakulla culture 750–1000 CE
Alachua culture 600 - European contact
Suwannee Valley culture 750 - European contact
Safety Harbor culture 800 - European contact
Fort Walton culture a Mississippian culture 1000 - European contact
Pensacola culture 1250 - European contact

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