American Archeological
Periods
| Eastern United States | ||
| Paleoindian | 12,000 (?) - 7,000 BCE | |
| Archaic | 7,000 - 1,000 BCE | |
| Woodland: Cahokia Mounds | 1,000 BCE - 900 CE | |
| Mississippian | 900 - 1,600 CE | |
| Historic | 1,600 CE - present | |
| Southwestern United States | ||
| Paleoindian | 12,000 - 7, 000 BCE | |
| Archaic | 7,000 - 100 BCE | |
| Basketmaker & Anasazi, Hohokam, Mogollan & Mimbres | 100 BCE - 1,540 CE | |
| Mesoamerica | ||
| Preceramic Archaic | 8,500 - 1,800 BCE | |
| Formative or Preclassic | 1,800 BCE - 150 CE | |
| Classic: Ceren in El Salvador, Mayan Altar de Sacrificios in Guatemala | 150 -900 CE | |
| Postclassic | 900 - 1,521 CE | |
| Colonial | 1,521 - 1,822 CE | |
| Colombia | ||
| Preceramic | 8,000 - 3,000 BCE | |
| Formative | 3,000 BCE - 1 CE | |
| Chiefdoms/Regional Development | 1 - 1,527 CE | |
| Coastal Ecuador | ||
| Preceramic | 8,500 - 4,700 BCE | |
| Formative | 3,500 - 300 BCE | |
| Regional Development | 300 BCE - 800 CE | |
| Integration | 1,150 - 1,531 CE | |
| Colonial | 1,531 - 1,820 CE | |
| Peru | ||
| Preceramic | 9,500 - 1,800 BCE | |
| Initial | 1,800 - 900 BCE | |
| Early Horizon | 900 - 200 BCE | |
| Early Intermediate | 200 BCE - 600 CE | |
| Middle Horizon | 600 -1,000 CE | |
| Late Intermediate | 1,000 - 1,476 CE | |
| Late Horizon | 1,476 - 1,534 CE | |
| Colonial | 1,534 - 1,822 CE | |
Adapted from Women in Ancient America by Karen Olsen Bruhns and Karen E. Stothert, Oklahoma University Press, 1999.
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