Saladoid culture

Saladoid culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Caribbean (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 500 BCE to 600 CE, a span of 1,099 years. Its people spoke Arawakan languages (Taino, Arawak).

Pottery-making manioc farmers from the Orinoco who canoed through the Lesser Antilles to Puerto Rico around 500 BCE. They are known for white-on-red painted pottery.

See Saladoid culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 500 BCE to 600 CE

Duration

1,099 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Caribbean, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Language family

Arawakan

Became

• Ostionoid culture c. 600 to 1200 CE

Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time

• 500 BCE Monte Albán founded
• 32 BCE Early Long Count date at Tres Zapotes
• 200 Pyramid of the Sun completed
• 378 Teotihuacan intervenes at Tikal

Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean

• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE
• Zapotec state (Monte Albán) c. 500 BCE to 850 CE
• Tikal (Mutal) c. 90 to 900 CE
• El Mirador c. 600 BCE to 150 CE
• Kaan kingdom (Calakmul) c. 400 to 900 CE
• Cholula c. 300 BCE to 1519 CE
• Kaminaljuyu c. 800 BCE to 800 CE
• El Tajín (Classic Veracruz) c. 600 to 1200 CE
• Caracol 331 to 859 CE
• Copan 426 to 822 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe

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