Locarno Beach and Marpole cultures

Locarno Beach and Marpole cultures appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Pacific Coast and California (North America) from c. 1800 BCE to 500 CE, a span of 2,299 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Salmon-fishing villagers of the Fraser delta and Strait of Georgia who built plank houses and developed ranked societies, the basis of later Coast Salish life.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1800 BCE to 500 CE

Duration

2,299 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Pacific Coast and California, North America

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Became

• Pacific Northwest peoples c. 500 CE to the present

Events in North America during its time

• 1600 BCE Poverty Point earthworks built
• 100 Hopewell exchange network at its height

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, 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
• 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
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia

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