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500–1000 CE

Period · North America — Eastern Woodlands

Late Woodland

500–1000 CE

The Late Woodland saw the bow and arrow adopted across the East, with small triangular and pentagonal arrowpoints such as Levanna and Jack's Reef replacing dart points. Mound building declined in the Ohio Valley but flourished as effigy mounds in Wisconsin and Iowa, and maize agriculture spread. The period ends with Mississippian emergence.

Dates500–1000 CE
RegionNorth America — Eastern Woodlands
PeriodO definition350–950 CE — Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) (2012)· PeriodO — Periods, Organized

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

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@misc{stratum-late-woodland,
  title        = {Late Woodland},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/periods/late-woodland}},
  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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