Northern Archaic tradition

Northern Archaic tradition appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Arctic and Greenland (North America) from c. 3200 to 2000 BCE, a span of more than 1,200 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Forest and tundra hunters of interior Alaska and the Yukon who used side-notched points and hunted caribou. They held the interior before Paleo-Eskimo groups spread along the coasts.

See Northern Archaic tradition on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Duration: more than 1,200 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Arctic and Greenland, 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

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Northern Archaic tradition exist?

c. 3200 to 2000 BCE, about more than 1,200 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Northern Archaic tradition?

Arctic and Greenland, in North America.

What language did Northern Archaic tradition speak?

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