Search | People | Departments | Events | News Ancient Middle America

UMD Home > CLA > Sociology-Anthropology  > Anthropology > Tim Roufs > Ancient Middle America A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A - Z Tech Resources for Students search links ~ Google advanced BBC News: Americas  Week: 01 . 02 . 03 . 04 . 05 . 06 . 07 . 08 . 09 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 Fall 2008 Calendar   ancientmexico.com (map) Cutting Costs for College Textbooks general textbook information Mesoamerica -- Wikipedia Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica -- Wikipedia search Mesoamerica on JSTOR Thursday, 24-Jul-2008 12:56:12 GMT . . . in History   . . . in Headlines UM One Stop more on J-Store       Babel Fish Translation ~ translate this page Course Information Assignments Case Study Contents Dates / Time Lines Exams ~ midsemester ~ final ~ sample Extra Credit FAQs Forum Grades ~ grading policies MAforum Office Hours, etc Overview Questions ? Requirements Site Information Site Map slides Special Facilities Syllabus Table of Contents Texts Time Lines Videos Course Topics Countries Regions Cultures Sites Periods / Stages Maps World Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico (FactBook) Mexico (M of M) Nicaragua States / Countries Prehistoric Sites The World Fact Book Your Nation Country Briefings Useful Web Sites Anth ...News E-mail us Tim Roufs Search this page Search UMD's pages Translation Services universia.es Useful Web Sites Writing Guide

Archaeological Periods
in American Archaeology

(Correlations are only approximate)

For more detailed information see
Detailed Mesoamerican Time Line and Stages (Periods)

Stage Diagram from Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, 5th ed.

scanned version

to top of page / A-Z index

Approx. Time	Coe1	Willey and Phillips2	Older Clasification	Steward3	Krieger4
A.D. 1521	Spanish Conquest			Industrial Revolution Iron-Age Culture
A.D. 900	Postclassic ~ Late ~ Early	Postclassic	Postclassic	Cyclical Conquests Dark Ages
A.D. 150/250	Classic (Epiclassic /) ~ Terminal ~ Late ~ Early	Classic	Classic	Inital Conquest Regional Florescence	Urban Life
A.D. B.C.   ca. 1800 B.C.	Preclassic ~ Late ~ Middle ~ Early	Formative	Preclassic       ("Early Hunters") ("Paleo-Indian") ("Lithic")	Formative	Food Producing
				Incipient Agriculture	Food Gathering
ca. 7000 B.C.	Archaic	Archaic		Hunting and Gathering	Paleo- Indian ("Paleo- American")
13,000 B.C.?	Early Hunters	Lithic			Lower Lithic? or Early Percussion?

¹After Coe, Michael D., and Rex Koontz. Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, 5th ed.. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 2002.

²Willey, Gordon R., and Philip Phillips. Method and Theory in American Archaeology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1958.

³Steward, Julian H. "Cultural Causality and Law: A Trial of the Development of Early Civilizations," American Anthropologist. 51, 1-25.

⁴Krieger, Alex D. "New World Culture History: Anglo-American," in Anthropology Today, ed. A.L. Kroeber, pp. 238-64. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

to top of page / A-Z index
© 1998 - 2008 Timothy G. Roufs Page URL: http://www.d.umn.edu /cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/mastages_handout.html Last Modified Tuesday, 25-Sep-2007 10:34:40 CDT Site Information ~ Main A-Z Index
	View Stats