Late Woodland cultures

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Native American culture archaeological culture prehistoric culture

Late Woodland cultures were prehistoric Native American societies that emerged across eastern North America after the Hopewell tradition, marked by increased regionalization, village-based life, and the widespread adoption of bow-and-arrow technology and agriculture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Late Woodland period	3
Late Woodland culture	1
Late Woodland cultures canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American culture ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ prehistoric culture ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	midden deposits ⓘ small earthworks in some areas ⓘ village sites ⓘ
burialPractice	individual burials ⓘ use of small burial mounds in some regions ⓘ
developsFrom	Middle Woodland cultures ⓘ
economy	mixed foraging and farming ⓘ
endTime	before widespread Mississippian emergence ⓘ
feature	increased use of storage pits ⓘ local stylistic variation in pottery ⓘ more permanent house structures ⓘ
follows	Hopewell tradition ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	increased regionalization ⓘ increased reliance on agriculture ⓘ intensive use of local resources ⓘ reduced long-distance exchange compared to Hopewell ⓘ use of pottery ⓘ village-based settlement patterns ⓘ widespread adoption of bow-and-arrow technology ⓘ
includes	Algonquian-speaking groups (late precontact phase) ⓘ Iroquoian-speaking groups (late precontact phase) ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern North America ⓘ
materialCulture	bone tools ⓘ cordmarked pottery ⓘ shell-tempered pottery in some areas ⓘ stone tools ⓘ
practices	bean cultivation ⓘ fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ
precedes	Mississippian culture ⓘ surface form: Mississippian cultures
region	Great Lakes region ⓘ Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic Northeastern United States ⓘ Ohio Valley region ⓘ surface form: Ohio Valley Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States parts of eastern Canada ⓘ
socialOrganization	small villages ⓘ tribal-level societies ⓘ
startTime	circa 500 CE ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Woodland period ⓘ
usesTool	bow and arrow ⓘ stone projectile points ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hopewell tradition → influenced → Late Woodland cultures ⓘ

Spiro Mounds → period → Late Woodland cultures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Woodland period

Middle Woodland period → followedBy → Late Woodland cultures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Woodland period

Effigy Mounds National Monument → culturalAffiliation → Late Woodland cultures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Woodland culture

Monacan → historicalPeriodOfProminence → Late Woodland cultures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Woodland period