Hunter-gatherer lifeways continue in the Eastern Woodlands, where peoples of the Adena culture build earthworks at floodplain locations along the Ohio River valley, and develop complex communal ceremonies. Burial customs are elaborated: grave goods include luxury materials and personal ornaments as well as tools. In the Southwest, while population mobility is still a factor, shallow pithouses are constructed. Pottery use is initiated. The Arctic peoples around the Bering Strait develop a successful marine hunting technology, probably based on Asiatic traditions, for the capture of sea mammals. Objects associated with hunting and burial are carefully made and decorated, implying ritual significance.
North America, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
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Timeline
1000 B.C.
750 B.C.
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Eastern Woodland cultures, ca. 1000 B.C.–800 A.D.
Adena cultures, 1000–100 B.C.
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Archaic cultures, ca. 7000 B.C.–1800 A.D.
SOUTHWEST
Pre-Puebloan cultures, ca. 1000 B.C.–700 A.D.
ARCTIC
Small Tool Tradition, ca. 2000 B.C.–1450 A.D.
750 B.C.
500 B.C.
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Eastern Woodland cultures, ca. 1000 B.C.–800 A.D.
Adena cultures, 1000–100 B.C.
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Archaic cultures, ca. 7000 B.C.–1800 A.D.
SOUTHWEST
Pre-Puebloan cultures, ca. 1000 B.C.–700 A.D.
ARCTIC
Small Tool Tradition, ca. 2000 B.C.–1450 A.D.
500 B.C.
250 B.C.
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Eastern Woodland cultures, ca. 1000 B.C.–800 A.D.
Adena cultures, 1000–100 B.C.
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Archaic cultures, ca. 7000 B.C.–1800 A.D.
SOUTHWEST
Pre-Puebloan cultures, ca. 1000 B.C.–700 A.D.
ARCTIC
Small Tool Tradition, ca. 2000 B.C.–1450 A.D.
250 B.C.
1 A.D.
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Eastern Woodland cultures, ca. 1000 B.C.–800 A.D.
Adena cultures, 1000–100 B.C.
Hopewell cultures, 200 B.C.–500 A.D.
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Archaic cultures, ca. 7000 B.C.–1800 A.D.
SOUTHWEST
Pre-Puebloan cultures, ca. 1000 B.C.–700 A.D.
ARCTIC
Small Tool Tradition, ca. 2000 B.C.–1450 A.D.
Overview
Key Events
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ca. 800 B.C.
Adena peoples erect earthworks and mounds in present-day Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
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ca. 500 B.C.
The Old Bering Sea culture, heavily dependent on sea resources, begins to coalesce around the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
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ca. 200 B.C.
Archaic cultures wane in the Southwest; plain brown pottery is in use.
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ca. 100 B.C.
Walrus ivory is carved into Okvik figures, other ornaments, and implements on the St. Lawrence and Punuk islands in the Bering Strait; semi-subterranean houses are built.
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ca. 1 A.D.
Caches including duck decoys made of tule reed are placed in Lovelock Cave, Nevada.
Citation
“North America, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=04®ion=na (October 2000)
Related
Map
Encompasses present-day Canada and the United States
Primary Chronology
Secondary Chronology
See also
Keywords
- Americas
- Boston
- Brooklyn
- Canada
- Central America
- Chicago
- Hawaii
- Maya Art
- Mexico
- Mississippi
- Native American Art
- New England
- New Orleans
- New York
- North America
- Old Bering Sea Art
- Philadelphia
- Puerto Rico
- San Francisco
- United States
- 10th Century B.C.
- 9th Century B.C.
- 8th Century B.C.
- 7th Century B.C.
- 6th Century B.C.
- 5th Century B.C.
- 4th Century B.C.
- 3rd Century B.C.
- 2nd Century B.C.
- 1st Century B.C.
