Basketmaker culture

Basketmaker culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Southwest and Great Basin (North America) from c. 1500 BCE to 750 CE, a span of 2,249 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Early Ancestral Puebloan farmers of the Four Corners who lived in pithouses and stored maize in slab-lined cists. Pottery, beans and the bow arrived during the later Basketmaker III phase.

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Facts

Dates: c. 1500 BCE to 750 CE
Duration: 2,249 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Southwest and Great Basin, North America
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Became

Ancestral Puebloans c. 750 to 1300 CE

Events in North America during its time

100 Hopewell exchange network at its height

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
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
Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Questions

When did Basketmaker culture exist?

c. 1500 BCE to 750 CE, about 2,249 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Basketmaker culture?

Southwest and Great Basin, in North America.

What language did Basketmaker culture speak?

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

What came after Basketmaker culture?

Ancestral Puebloans.