Formative stage

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North American prehistory
 
Lithic stage before 8500 BC
Archaic period 8000–1000 BC
Formative stage 1000 BC – AD 500
Woodland period 1000 BC – AD 1000
Classic stageAD 500–1200
Post-Classic stage after 1200
See also

Several chronologies in the archaeology of the Americas include a Formative Period or Formative stage etc. It is often sub-divided, for example into "Early", "Middle" and "Late" stages.

The Formative is the third of five stages defined by

food production; normally they are very largely reliant on agriculture. Social organization is supposed to involve permanent towns and villages, as well as the first ceremonial centers. Ideologically, an early priestly class or theocracy is often present or in development.[2]

Sometimes also referred to as the "Pre-Classic stage", it followed the

Archaic stage and was superseded by the Classic stage.[3]

  1. The Lithic stage
  2. The
    Archaic stage
  3. The Formative stage
  4. The Classic stage
  5. The Post-Classic stage

The dates, and the characteristics of the period called "Formative" vary considerably between different parts of the Americas. The typical broad use of the terms is as follows below.

North America

In the classification of North American chronology, the Formative Stage or "Neo-Indian period" is a term applied to theoretical North American cultures that existed between 1000 BC and 500 AD. There are alternative classification systems, and this ranking would overlap what others classify as the Woodland period cultures.

The Formative, Classic and post-Classic stages are sometimes incorporated together as the Post-archaic period, which runs from 1000 BC to the present. Sites and cultures include:

Old Copper, Oasisamerica, Woodland, Fort Ancient, Hopewell tradition and Mississippian cultures
.

Meso-America

In

Maya culture and Zapotec civilization
.

South America

In the

Chankillo
).

See also

References

  1. OCLC 19750309
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-226-89888-9
    .
  3. ^ "Method and Theory in American Archaeology". Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips. University of Chicago. 1958. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28.

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