Early Woodland period

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archaeological culture period prehistoric North American cultural era

The Early Woodland period was a prehistoric North American cultural era marked by the introduction of pottery, increased sedentism, and the construction of early burial mounds, preceding the more complex Middle Woodland traditions.

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Label	Occurrences
Early Woodland period canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture period ⓘ prehistoric North American cultural era ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	botanical remains ⓘ ceramic sherds ⓘ faunal remains ⓘ mound structures ⓘ stone tools ⓘ
associatedWith	Adena mound-building tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Agricultural Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ burial ceremonialism ⓘ early use of domesticated squash ⓘ early use of domesticated sunflower ⓘ status differentiation in burials ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalContinuityWith	Late Archaic period ⓘ Middle Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	circa 200 BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Middle Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Archaic period ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	construction of conical burial mounds ⓘ construction of early burial mounds ⓘ continued hunting and gathering ⓘ development of horticulture ⓘ emergence of more permanent villages ⓘ increased sedentism ⓘ increased use of domesticated plants ⓘ introduction of pottery ⓘ limited long-distance trade compared to Middle Woodland ⓘ regional variation in pottery styles ⓘ use of ceramic cooking vessels ⓘ use of simple stamped and cordmarked pottery ⓘ use of stone tools ⓘ use of storage pits ⓘ
hasPart	Adena culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Meadowood phase NERFINISHED ⓘ Miller culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Ocher culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Vinette I pottery tradition ⓘ
partOf	Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Late Archaic period ⓘ
precedes	Middle Woodland period ⓘ
region	Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mid-Atlantic region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
startTime	circa 1000 BCE ⓘ
temporalPosition	early first millennium BCE in Eastern North America ⓘ

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

Middle Woodland period → follows → Early Woodland period ⓘ

Woodland period → hasPart → Early Woodland period ⓘ

Adena culture → partOf → Early Woodland period ⓘ