Early Basketmaker period

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archaeological culture period cultural phase

The Early Basketmaker period refers to an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans in the American Southwest, marked by a transition from nomadic hunting and gathering to more settled farming communities.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture period ⓘ cultural phase ⓘ
appliesTo	Ancestral Puebloans NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	pre-Pueblo agricultural development in the Southwest ⓘ transition from Archaic foragers to village farmers ⓘ
follows	Archaic period (American Southwest) ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceType	basketry fragments ⓘ human burials ⓘ lithic assemblages ⓘ pollen and macrobotanical remains of cultigens ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	absence of pottery ⓘ burials often in shallow pits ⓘ continued reliance on hunting and gathering ⓘ cultivation of maize ⓘ cultivation of squash ⓘ early adoption of agriculture ⓘ emergence of more formalized community organization ⓘ limited food storage practices ⓘ limited social stratification ⓘ pithouse-like shelters in some areas ⓘ semi-sedentary settlement pattern ⓘ small seasonal camps ⓘ transition from nomadic hunting and gathering to more settled life ⓘ use of atlatl and dart for hunting ⓘ use of baskets for storage and transport ⓘ use of rock shelters and open campsites ⓘ use of woven sandals and textiles ⓘ
hasEndTime	circa 500 BCE ⓘ
hasKeyEconomicActivity	gathering of wild plants ⓘ hunting of deer and small game ⓘ maize horticulture ⓘ
hasKeyTechnology	advanced basketry ⓘ atlatl ⓘ stone tools ⓘ
hasStartTime	circa 1500 BCE ⓘ
influences	Pueblo I period ⓘ later Basketmaker II period ⓘ
locatedIn	American Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Four Corners region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ancestral Puebloan cultural sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ Basketmaker culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Basketmaker II period NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Basketmaker period ⓘ
studiedIn	Ancestral Puebloan studies ⓘ Southwestern archaeology ⓘ

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Basketmaker II period → hasAlternativeName → Early Basketmaker period ⓘ