Eastern Agricultural Complex

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archaeological culture complex plant domestication complex prehistoric agricultural system

The Eastern Agricultural Complex was a prehistoric North American system of plant domestication and cultivation, centered in the Eastern Woodlands and involving native seed crops such as goosefoot, sumpweed, and maygrass before the widespread adoption of maize agriculture.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture complex ⓘ plant domestication complex ⓘ prehistoric agricultural system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	EAC NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Archaic cultures of Eastern North America ⓘ Early Woodland cultures of Eastern North America ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Mississippi Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozark Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBefore	widespread maize agriculture in Eastern North America ⓘ
followedBy	maize-beans-squash agricultural complex in Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
hasCrop	Chenopodium berlandieri ⓘ Helianthus annuus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hordeum pusillum NERFINISHED ⓘ Iva annua ⓘ Phalaris caroliniana NERFINISHED ⓘ Polygonum erectum NERFINISHED ⓘ goosefoot ⓘ knotweed ⓘ little barley ⓘ maygrass ⓘ possibly bottle gourd ⓘ sumpweed ⓘ sunflower ⓘ
hasCropType	annual seed-bearing plants ⓘ oily seed crops ⓘ starchy seed crops ⓘ
hasEvidenceType	archaeobotanical remains ⓘ carbonized seeds ⓘ processing tools ⓘ storage pits ⓘ
hasSignificance	demonstrates independent domestication of plants in Eastern North America ⓘ represents transition from foraging to food production in Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
hasTemporalExtent	Archaic period ⓘ Early Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Archaic period ⓘ
involvesProcess	cultivation of native seed crops ⓘ horticulture ⓘ incipient agriculture ⓘ plant domestication ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Woodlands of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ interior Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
partOf	independent centers of plant domestication ⓘ pre-maize agricultural traditions in North America ⓘ
precededBy	foraging-based subsistence in Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ paleoethnobotany ⓘ

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Woodland period → associatedWith → Eastern Agricultural Complex ⓘ