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1600–1950 CE

Period · North America — Eastern Woodlands

Historic

1600–1950 CE

Historic covers the period of written records in North America, from early colonial contact to the mid-twentieth century. Native American material of the period, including trade-silver, catlinite pipes and beadwork, overlaps with colonial and later Euro-American artifacts. Much Historic Native material is ethnographic rather than archaeological and is governed by different rules.

Dates1600–1950 CE
RegionNorth America — Eastern Woodlands
PeriodO definition1673–1950 CE — Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) (2012)· PeriodO — Periods, Organized

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Stratum Strata. "Historic" (Period). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/periods/historic. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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@misc{stratum-historic,
  title        = {Historic},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/periods/historic}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Period article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, periodo, wikidata. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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