Woodland period

North American cultural period (1000 BCE – 1000 CE) Periods in North American prehistory Lithic stage before 8500 BCArchaic period 8000–1000 BCFormative stage 1000 BC – AD 500Woodland period 1000 BC – AD 1000Classic stageAD 500–1200Post-Classic stage after 1200 See also List of archaeological periods (Mesoamerica) vte Mound Builders Polities Apalachee Apalachicola Cahokia Casqui Cofitachequi Coosa Guale Jaega Mocoso Ocute Pacaha Pafalaya Pohoy Quivira Saturiwa Taarsite? Tacatacuru Tocobaga Uzita Archaeology Adena Calusa Fort Ancient Hopewell Mississippian Poverty Point Watson Brake Religion Datura Earth lodge Effigy mound Horned Serpent Masks Medicine bag Pipes Platform mound Red Horn Sacred bundle SECC Shell gorget Thunderbird Underwater panther Yaupon tea vte In the classification of archaeological cultures of North America, the Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures spanned a period from roughly 1000 BCE to European contact in the eastern part of North America, with some archaeologists distinguishing the Mississippian period, from 1000 CE to European contact, as a separate period. The term "Woodland Period" was introduced in the 1930s as a generic ter