Native Art of North America
Eastern North America

Archaic 8000bc-1000bc
Eastern Woodland 1000bc-800ad
Late Eastern Woodland 200ad-800ad
Adena 1000bc-100bc
Hopewell 200bc-500ad
Mississippian 800ad-1600ad
Algonquian and Iroquoian 1000ad-1600ad

Source for chronology: Metropolitan Museum of Art

(See also: Native North America Resource Page)

Web Resources
Ancient Moundbuilders of Arkansas. University of Arkansas
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Cultures of North America. Minnesota State University at Mankato
The Mississippian Moundbuilders and their Artifacts. Anthony Stein
National Park Service, USA:

  • Ancient Architects of the Mississippi
  • A Brief History of the Hopewell Culture
  • Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
  • Indian Mounds of Mississippi
  • Mounds and Rings
  • Prehistory in the Southeastern US
    Iroquois Nation. Ellie Crystal
    Mounds Home To Varying Opinions. The Newark (Ohio) Advocate
    Native American Pottery in New England. Tara Prindle
    Ohio Historic Sites. Ohio Historical Society
    Pre-Recorded History of the Watershed. Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
    The Woodland and Mississippian Traditions. Chris Henige, University of Wisconsin

    Image Links (click inside)
    Birdstone
    Ohio, Late Archaic
    1500bc-1000bc     		Mica Serpent
    Ohio, Hopewell
    100bc-500ad     		Mica Hand
    Ohio, Hopewell
    100bc-500ad     		Otter Pipe
    Ohio, Hopewell
    200bc-100ad     		Missouri
    Mississippian
    900-1400
    Missouri
    Mississippian
    900-1400     		Missouri
    Mississippian
    11c-14c     		location unknown Mississippian
    1300-1500     		Tennessee
    Mississippian
    13c-14c     		Arkansas
    Caddoan
    13c-14c
    Pennsylvania
    Lenape
    ca. 1340     		New England
    Algonkian
    ca. 1670     		Rivercane Basket
    Carolinas, Cherokee
    early 18c     		Pipe Bowl
    Great Lakes
    mid 18c     		Pipe Bowl
    Miami
    1750-1800

    [last updated: June 2, 2010]

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