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1000–200 BCE

Period · North America — Eastern Woodlands

Early Woodland

1000–200 BCE

The Early Woodland brings the first widespread pottery in the East, thick cordmarked and fabric-marked jars, together with conical burial mounds and the Adena culture in the Ohio Valley. Stemmed points, tubular pipes, gorgets and cache blades characterise the period. The Alaskan Norton tradition is placed here nominally by date.

Dates1000–200 BCE
RegionNorth America — Eastern Woodlands
PeriodO definition1000–200 BCE — Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) (2012)· PeriodO — Periods, Organized

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Stratum Study. "Early Woodland" (Period). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/study/periods/early-woodland. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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@misc{stratum-early-woodland,
  title        = {Early Woodland},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/periods/early-woodland}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Period article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, periodo, wikidata. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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