North America before the European invasions

Abstract

First Americans -- The Archaic Period: 7000-1000 BCE -- Nuclear America -- Classical era -- Early Woodland, 1000-100 BCE -- Middle Woodland, 100 BCE-400 CE -- The west coast -- Late Woodland, to 1600 CE -- Cahokia and the Mississippian Period, 950-1600 CE -- The American southwest -- The interior west -- The north -- Overview: North America, 1600 -- Issues and puzzles