Archaic period in the Americas
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The Archaic period in the Americas was a long prehistoric era marked by hunter-gatherer societies gradually adopting more settled lifeways, regional diversification, and early plant domestication before the rise of complex agricultural civilizations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological culture period
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prehistoric period → |
| appliesToTerritory |
Mesoamerica
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North America → South America → |
| associatedWith |
development of fishing technologies
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domestication of beans in the Americas → domestication of chili peppers in the Americas → domestication of gourds in the Americas → domestication of maize in Mesoamerica → domestication of squash in the Americas → ground stone milling stones → increased use of plant foods → regional trade networks → rock shelters and open-air campsites → shell middens in coastal areas → use of atlatl → |
| characterizedBy |
broad-spectrum foraging
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development of ground stone tools → early plant domestication → emergence of more complex social organization → hunter-gatherer lifeways → increased storage technologies → increasing sedentism → intensive use of local environments → regional cultural diversification → seasonal mobility patterns → |
| definedBy |
changes in subsistence and settlement patterns
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| follows |
Paleoindian period in the Americas
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| hasAlternativeName |
Archaic stage in the Americas
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Archaic tradition in the Americas → |
| hasEndTime |
circa 2000 BCE
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later in some regions → |
| hasPart |
Archaic period in Mesoamerica
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Archaic period in North America → Archaic period in South America → Early Archaic period in the Americas → Late Archaic period in the Americas → Middle Archaic period in the Americas → |
| hasStartTime |
circa 8000 BCE
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| knownFor |
experimentation with cultivation
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foundation for later agricultural civilizations → transition from highly mobile bands to more settled communities → |
| partOf |
pre-Columbian era
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| precedes |
Formative period in the Americas
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Preclassic period in Mesoamerica → |
| studiedInDiscipline |
anthropology
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archaeology → |
| temporalOverlapWith |
Holocene epoch
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Pre-Columbian era
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hasSubperiod |