humans began to live in permanent settlements in around 17,000 bc.
humans began to live in permanent settlements in around 17,000 bc.
when did humans begin to live in permanent settlements?
around 17,000 bc
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pottery, agriculture, and permanent settlements have often been thought of the three defining characteristics of the woodland period. however, it has become evident that, in some areas of the united states, prehistoric cultural groups with a clearly archaic cultural assemblage were making pottery without any evidence of the cultivation of domesticated crops. in fact, it appears that hunting and gathering continued as the basic subsistence economy and that subsistence horticulture/agriculture did not occur in much of the southeast for a couple of thousand years after the introduction of pottery, and in parts of the northeast, horticulture was never practiced. this research indicated that a fiber-tempered horizon of ceramics greatly predates 1000 bce, first appearing about 2500 bce in parts of florida with the orange culture and in georgia with the stallings culture. nevertheless, these early sites were typical archaic settlements, differing only in the use of basic ceramic technology. as such, researchers are now redefining the period to begin with not only pottery, but the appearance of permanent settlements, elaborate burial practices, intensive collection and/or horticulture of starchy seed plants (see eastern agricultural complex), differentiation in social organization, and specialized activities, among other factors. most of these are evident in the southeastern united states by 1000 bce.
woodland period