Britannica online encyclopedia article on Archaic culture, any of the ancient cultures of North or South America that developed from Paleo-Indian traditions and led to the adoption of agriculture. Archaic cultures are defined by a group of common characteristics rather than a particular time period or location; ... In these ways,
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Desert Archaic culture, Ancient peoples in the present-day Plateau and Great Basin culture areas created distinctive cultural adaptations to the dry, relatively impoverished environments of these regions. ... ADD TO YOUR SITE ... History & Society...
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Paleo-Indians hunted in southeastern Arizona more than 10,000 years ago ... As a result, by 11,000-10,500 B.P.E. the Clovis culture (described on another page) was beginning to give way to more regional variants, which are generally called Archaic cultures.
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Archaic Perio ... Early/Middle Archaic Culture ... Late Archaic Culture...
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Prufer, Olaf H., S.E. Pedde, and R.S. Meindle, editors. Archaic Transitions in Ohio and Kentucky Prehistory. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2001. - Available from Amazon.com...
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The Archaic tradition lasted for a very long time, the longest of any of the periods in Wisconsin. Even though it is the longest period, very little has been investigated by archaeologists because very few sites have been discovered. ... Old Copper Culture...
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Like the Late Paleoindian subperiod, it was presumed that the Early Archaic culture consisted of small mobile bands exploiting defined territories, but the increase in the number of sites and the recovery of nonlocal cherts tend to support an increase in population resulting in larger numbers of bands that traded...
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This cultural group used an Archaic material culture, but also created the first ceramics known in the United States. Called Stallings Island, these ceramics were named after a major shell midden site on an island in the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia.
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However, by 100,000 years ago or somewhat earlier, Neandertal and some other late archaic humans achieved a major leap forward in tool making with the development of the Mousterian tool tradition (named for the site of le Moustier in France). ... Other Evidence of Neandertal Culture...
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Across the continent, the transition from Paleoindian to Archaic culture presumably happened because environmental changes at the end of the Ice Age forced people to adopt different lifeways. By the start of the Holocene around 8000 BC, North America boasted an immense array of ecosystems, and people adjusted accordingly.
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