General Territorial Boundaries

and Timelines for

Cultures in the Southwest

These are the general territorial boundaries of the different groups

A Basic Timeline

This timeline is meant to be very general in nature.  It is a compilation of several different chronologies from multiple sources.

Paleo-Indian Arrival Unknown to 6500 BC
Desert Archaic 6500 BC to 1200 BC
Anasazi (Basketmaker 1) 1200 BC to AD 1
Anasazi (Basketmakers 2) AD 1 to AD 500
Anasazi (Basketmakers 3) AD 500 to AD 700
Pueblo 1 AD 700 to AD 900
Pueblo 2 AD 900 to AD 1100
Pueblo 3 AD 1100 to AD 1300
Pueblo 4 AD 1300 to AD 1600
Pueblo 5 AD 1600 to Present
Mogollon - Possible Hopis and Zunis ancestor AD 1 to AD 1500
Hohokam - Possible Pima ancestor 100 BC to AD 1300
Fremont - Possible Ute ancestor AD 400 to AD 1300
Patayan - Yuman AD 500 to Present
Sinagua AD 1100 to AD 1400
Athabaskan - Apache and Navajo AD 1500 to Present

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