Ortoiroid culture

Ortoiroid culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Caribbean (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 3200 to 400 BCE, a span of more than 2,800 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Shellfish gatherers and fishers who moved from Trinidad, where Banwari Trace dates to about 5000 BCE, up the Lesser Antilles to Puerto Rico by about 2000 BCE.

See Ortoiroid culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 400 BCE
Duration: more than 2,800 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Caribbean, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time

1650 BCE Oldest known ballcourt built
1200 BCE San Lorenzo rises as the first Olmec center
500 BCE Monte Albán founded

Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Zapotec state (Monte Albán) c. 500 BCE to 850 CE
El Mirador c. 600 BCE to 150 CE
Kaminaljuyu c. 800 BCE to 800 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Ortoiroid culture exist?

c. 3200 to 400 BCE, about more than 2,800 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Ortoiroid culture?

Caribbean, in Mesoamerica and Caribbean.

What language did Ortoiroid culture speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.