Strata

Cultures

Archaeological cultures collectors name on a label — Clovis to Qing — with dates, regions, typical objects and the legal position of their material.

A

• Achaemenid— 550–330 BCE, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Acheulean— 1700000–200000 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Adena— 1000 BCE–100 CE, North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Ancestral Puebloan— 500–1300 CE, North America — Southwest
• Ancient Greece— 800–30 BCE, Europe — Mediterranean
• Anglo-Saxon— 450–1066 CE, Europe — Northern & British Isles
• Archaic (Eastern)— 8000–1000 BCE, North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Assyrian— 1400–609 BCE, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Aurignacian— 43000–28000 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Aztec— 1300–1521 CE, Mesoamerica

B

• Babylonian— 1900–539 BCE, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Bell Beaker— 2800–1800 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Byzantine— 330–1453 CE, Europe — Mediterranean

C

• Caddo— 800–1800 CE, North America — Southeast
• Cahokia— 1050–1350 CE, North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Chancay— 1000–1470 CE, South America — Andes
• Chavín— 900–200 BCE, South America — Andes
• Chimú— 1000–1470 CE, South America — Andes
• Clovis— 11050–10800 BCE, North America — Great Plains
• Corded Ware— 2900–2350 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Cucuteni–Trypillia— 4800–3000 BCE, Europe — Western & Central

D

• Dalton— 8500–7900 BCE, North America — Southeast
• Desert Archaic— 7000 BCE–500 CE, North America — Great Basin & Plateau
• Dynastic Egypt— 3100–330 BCE, Egypt & Nile Valley

E

• Ertebølle— 5400–3950 BCE, Europe — Northern & British Isles
• Etruscan— 800–100 BCE, Europe — Mediterranean

F

• Folsom— 10800–10200 BCE, North America — Great Plains
• Fort Ancient— 1000–1750 CE, North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Fremont— 400–1300 CE, North America — Great Basin & Plateau
• Funnelbeaker— 4100–2800 BCE, Europe — Northern & British Isles

H

• Hallstatt— 800–450 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Hittite— 1650–1180 BCE, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Hohokam— 300–1450 CE, North America — Southwest
• Hopewell— 100 BCE–400 CE, North America — Eastern Woodlands

I

• Imperial China— 221 BCE–1912 CE, East Asia
• Inca— 1400–1532 CE, South America — Andes
• Indus Valley— 2600–1900 BCE, Near East & Mesopotamia

J

• Jomon— 10500–300 BCE, East Asia

K

• Kofun— 250–538 CE, East Asia

L

• La Tène— 450–50 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Linearbandkeramik— 5500–4500 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Luristan— 1300–650 BCE, Near East & Mesopotamia

M

• Magdalenian— 17000–12000 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Maya— 1000 BCE–1521 CE, Mesoamerica
• Mimbres— 1000–1130 CE, North America — Southwest
• Mississippian— 800–1600 CE, North America — Southeast
• Moche— 100–800 CE, South America — Andes
• Mogollon— 200–1450 CE, North America — Southwest
• Mousterian— 300000–40000 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Mycenaean— 1600–1100 BCE, Europe — Mediterranean

N

• Naqada— 4000–3100 BCE, Egypt & Nile Valley
• Natufian— 12500–9500 BCE, Near East & Mesopotamia
• Nazca— 100 BCE–800 CE, South America — Andes
• Norton— 1000 BCE–800 CE, North America — Arctic & Subarctic

O

• Old Copper— 4000–1000 BCE, North America — Eastern Woodlands
• Olmec— 1500–400 BCE, Mesoamerica

P

• Phoenician— 1200–146 BCE, Europe — Mediterranean
• Plains Archaic— 5500 BCE–500 CE, North America — Great Plains
• Plains Village— 900–1750 CE, North America — Great Plains
• Plano— 10000–7000 BCE, North America — Great Plains
• Poverty Point— 1700–1100 BCE, North America — Southeast

R

• Roman— 500 BCE–476 CE, Europe — Mediterranean

S

• Scythian— 800–200 BCE, Central Asia & Steppe
• Shaft Tomb Tradition— 300 BCE–400 CE, Mesoamerica
• Solutrean— 22000–17000 BCE, Europe — Western & Central
• Sumerian— 3500–2000 BCE, Near East & Mesopotamia

T

• Teotihuacan— 100–650 CE, Mesoamerica
• Thracian— 1000 BCE–46 CE, Europe — Western & Central
• Thule— 1000–1600 CE, North America — Arctic & Subarctic
• Toyah— 1300–1700 CE, North America — Great Plains

Ú

• Únětice— 2300–1600 BCE, Europe — Western & Central

U

• Urnfield— 1300–750 BCE, Europe — Western & Central

V

• Viking— 793–1066 CE, Europe — Northern & British Isles
• Villanovan— 900–700 BCE, Europe — Mediterranean
• Vinča— 5400–4500 BCE, Europe — Western & Central

W

• Wari— 600–1000 CE, South America — Andes
• Western Stemmed Tradition— 12500–7000 BCE, North America — Great Basin & Plateau
• Woodland (Eastern)— 1000 BCE–1000 CE, North America — Eastern Woodlands

Z

• Zapotec— 500 BCE–900 CE, Mesoamerica