North America

Southeast

Mound country. Watson Brake and Poverty Point raise monuments without agriculture; Cahokia later becomes the largest settlement north of Mexico, and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex spreads its imagery from there.

Chronology here

The periods whose terminology is used in the Southeast.

Early Paleoindianc. 13,000 – 10,900 BCE
Middle Paleoindianc. 10,900 – 10,200 BCE
Late Paleoindianc. 10,200 – 8,000 BCE
Early Archaicc. 8,000 – 6,000 BCE
Middle Archaicc. 6,000 – 3,000 BCE
Late Archaicc. 3,000 – 1,200 BCE
Transitional Archaicc. 1,500 – 1,000 BCE
Early Woodlandc. 1,200 – 200 BCE
Middle Woodlandc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
Late Woodlandc. 500 – 1,000 CE
Early Mississippianc. 1,000 – 1,200 CE
Late Mississippianc. 1,200 – 1,500 CE
Contactc. 1,500 – 1,750 CE
Historicc. 1,750 CE onward

Lessons from this period

Artifacts the Academy examines from the Southeast.

StillwellLate Archaic · Serrated knife-dart form
Rhodes Incised Mississippian Water BottleMississippian · Rhodes Incised bottle

Quiz on the Southeast

Chronology here

Lessons from this period