North America

Southwest

Chaco, Mesa Verde, the Hohokam canals and the painted whitewares. Preserved construction timbers make this the one region where dendrochronology can date a building to the year its beams were felled.

Chronology here

The periods whose terminology is used in the Southwest.

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
Contactc. 1,500 – 1,750 CE
Historicc. 1,750 CE onward
Pueblo IIc. 900 - 1,150 CE
Pueblo IIIc. 1,150 - 1,350 CE
Pueblo IVc. 1,350 - 1,600 CE

Lessons from this period

Artifacts the Academy examines from the Southwest.

Socorro Storage JarAncestral Pueblo · Black-on-white olla
Four Mile Geometric Polychrome BowlAncestral Puebloan · Fourmile Polychrome bowl

Quiz on the Southwest

Chronology here

Lessons from this period