Eastern Archaic hunter-gatherers

Eastern Archaic hunter-gatherers appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Woodlands (North America) from c. 3200 to 1000 BCE, a span of more than 2,200 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Foragers of the eastern forests who gathered nuts, fished and hunted deer, and began tending squash, sunflower and goosefoot. These plants made eastern North America an independent center of domestication.

See Eastern Archaic hunter-gatherers on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 3200 to 1000 BCE

Duration

more than 2,200 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Eastern Woodlands, North America

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in North America during its time

• 2500 BCE Paleo-Eskimos settle the eastern Arctic
• 2100 BCE Maize reaches the Southwest
• 1600 BCE Poverty Point earthworks built

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
• Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East
• Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

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