Archaeological culture · c. 1500 BCE – 750 CE

Basketmaker culture

The ancestors of the Ancestral Puebloans in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, named for the many fine baskets found in dry caves. They began growing maize while still moving with the seasons; in Late Basketmaker II (about 50–500 CE) they settled in pit-houses, and in Basketmaker III (about 500–750 CE) they took up the bow and arrow and pottery.

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1500 BCE – 750 CE