Late Archaic cultures of Eastern North America

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archaeological culture complex prehistoric culture period

The Late Archaic cultures of Eastern North America were pre-agricultural hunter-gatherer societies marked by increasing social complexity, regional trade networks, and early experimentation with plant domestication that laid the groundwork for later Woodland traditions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture complex ⓘ prehistoric culture period ⓘ
follows	Middle Archaic cultures of Eastern North America ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceType	burial sites ⓘ large base camps ⓘ mound sites in some regions ⓘ shell middens ⓘ specialized activity sites ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	broad-spectrum foraging ⓘ development of regional cultural traditions that anticipate Woodland cultures ⓘ diverse chipped stone projectile points ⓘ early mound construction in some areas ⓘ early plant domestication experiments ⓘ emergent ritual and ceremonial practices ⓘ emerging semi-sedentary settlements in some regions ⓘ increased use of ground stone tools ⓘ increasing social complexity ⓘ increasing social differentiation ⓘ intensification of nut and seed use ⓘ intensive riverine resource use ⓘ long-distance exchange of exotic materials ⓘ pre-agricultural societies ⓘ regional stylistic variation in artifacts ⓘ regional trade networks ⓘ seasonal mobility ⓘ shell midden accumulation along coasts and rivers ⓘ storage of plant foods in pits or containers ⓘ use of atlatl (spear-thrower) ⓘ use of grinding stones for plant processing ⓘ use of groundstone bannerstones and atlatl weights ⓘ use of steatite (soapstone) vessels in some regions ⓘ
hasEconomicBase	hunter-gatherer subsistence ⓘ
hasSubsistenceComponent	fishing and exploitation of aquatic resources ⓘ gathering of wild plant foods ⓘ hunting of deer and other terrestrial game ⓘ
hasTimeSpan	approximately 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE ⓘ
includesPractice	incipient cultivation of native seed crops ⓘ management of plant stands near settlements ⓘ
includesRegion	Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Early Woodland cultures of Eastern North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Woodland cultures of Eastern North America ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Woodlands cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Archaic period in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Woodland cultures of Eastern North America ⓘ

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Woodland period → developsFrom → Late Archaic cultures of Eastern North America ⓘ