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| '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
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* Pre-Columbian: before 1492
* +12,500-8,000 BC Lithic period<br><br>
* 8,000-1,000 BC Archaic period<br><br>
* 1,000 BC -1492 AD: Post-archaic period<br><br>
* 1492+ Post-Columbian
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=== linguistic and cultural areas ===
=== linguistic and cultural areas ===
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
'''BIG IDEAS'''
* 12,500+ - 8,000 BC Lithic period
** post-glacial hunters and gathers
** mega-fauna (large mammal) hunting
* 8,000-1,000 BC Archaic period
** spread and cultural diversification across North America
* 1,000 BC -1492 AD: Post-archaic period
** 1000 BCE to 1000 AD '''Woodland period'''
*** cultural & population growth
*** trade & other exchange
*** mound building
*** includes '''Hopewell tradition'''
**** various cultures that thrived along Ohio Valley rivers and were interconnected by trade
** 800-1600 AD '''Mississippian period''' and '''Mississippian Culture'''
*** maize production
*** extensive mound building
* see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archaeological_periods_(North_America) List of archaeological periods (North America) (wikipedia)]]
[[File:Langs N.Amer.svg|thumb|Pre-contact: distribution of North American language families, including northern Mexico (wikipedia)]]
[[File:Langs N.Amer.svg|thumb|Pre-contact: distribution of North American language families, including northern Mexico (wikipedia)]]
* Native America tribal alliances were language-based
* Native America tribal alliances were language-based
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*** Plateau
*** Plateau
* source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_areas_of_the_Americas Linguistic areas of the Americas (wikipedia)]
* source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_areas_of_the_Americas Linguistic areas of the Americas (wikipedia)]
* Hopewell culture
* Mississippi culture
* '''Reciprocity'''
* '''Reciprocity'''
** Native American concept of sharing of land, resources, and labor
** Native American concept of sharing of land, resources, and labor