Preceramic Period
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The Preceramic Period is an early stage of human cultural development in the Americas characterized by sedentary or semi-sedentary communities that lacked pottery but practiced early agriculture, architecture, and complex ritual activities.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Preceramic Period of Peru | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological period
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cultural period ⓘ preceramic era ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
domestication of plants
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early village life ⓘ incipient horticulture ⓘ increasing social complexity ⓘ monumental architecture in some regions ⓘ ritual architecture ⓘ transition from foraging to farming ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
mixed foraging and farming economies
ⓘ
use of bone tools ⓘ use of fiber technologies ⓘ use of stone tools ⓘ |
| definedBy |
lack of ceramic technology
ⓘ
presence of ground stone tools ⓘ use of perishable containers ⓘ |
| follows | Paleoindian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
absence of pottery
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complex ritual activities ⓘ early agriculture ⓘ early architecture ⓘ sedentary or semi-sedentary communities ⓘ |
| hasKeyTheme |
innovation in architecture without ceramics
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intensification of food production ⓘ shift toward permanent settlement ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariant |
Andean Preceramic Period
NERFINISHED
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Mesoamerican Archaic Period NERFINISHED ⓘ North American Archaic Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTemporalRange |
early Holocene
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middle Holocene ⓘ |
| involves |
construction of early dwellings
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construction of ritual spaces ⓘ development of storage technologies ⓘ experimentation with cultivation ⓘ increasing population density ⓘ long-distance exchange networks ⓘ management of wild resources ⓘ |
| occursIn | Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlapsWith | Archaic Period in the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes |
Ceramic Period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Formative Period ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Neolithic transition
NERFINISHED
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development of social hierarchies ⓘ emergence of ritual specialists ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
anthropology
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archaeology ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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