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The Archaic period in North America is a period defined by the ''archaic stage'' of cultural development. ==Archaic stage== In the sequence of North American pre-Columbian cultural stages first proposed by Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips in 1958, the Archaic stage or "Meso-Indian period"〔Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips (1957). Method and Theory in American Archaeology. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-89888-9.〕 was the second period of human occupation in the Americas, from around 8000 to 2000 BCE. As its ending is defined by the adoption of sedentary farming, this date can vary "significantly across the Americas". The Archaic period followed the Lithic stage and was superseded by the Formative stage. # The Lithic stage # The Archaic stage # The Formative stage # The Classic stage # The Post-Classic stage The Archaic stage is characterized by subsistence economies supported through the exploitation of nuts, seeds, and shellfish. Numerous local variations have been identified. The period has been subdivided by region and then time. For instance, the Archaic Southwest tradition is subdivided into the Dieguito-Pinto, Oshara, Cochise and Chihuahua cultures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archaic period in North America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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