Post-Classic 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
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In the classification of the

Precolumbian cultures, typically ending with local contact with Europeans. This stage is the fifth of five archaeological stages posited by Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips' 1958 book Method and Theory in American Archaeology.[1]

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

Cultures of the Post-Classic Stage are defined distinctly by possessing developed metallurgy. Social organization is supposed to involve complex urbanism and militarism. Ideologically, Post-Classic cultures are described as showing a tendency towards the secularization of society.[2]

K'iche', Kaqchikel, Poqomam, Mam
.

In the North American chronology, the "Post-Classic Stage" followed the Classic stage in certain areas, and typically dates from around AD 1200 to modern times.[3]

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References

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