Southwestern Archaic foragers

Southwestern Archaic foragers appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Southwest and Great Basin (North America) from c. 3200 to 1500 BCE, a span of more than 1,700 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Desert hunter-gatherers of the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin who wove sandals and baskets and gathered seeds and pine nuts. Dry caves preserved their split-twig animal figurines.

See Southwestern Archaic foragers on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Duration: more than 1,700 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Southwest and Great Basin, 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
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Southwestern Archaic foragers exist?

c. 3200 to 1500 BCE, about more than 1,700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Southwestern Archaic foragers?

Southwest and Great Basin, in North America.

What language did Southwestern Archaic foragers speak?

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