Eastern North American societies have traditionally cultivated…
700 CE to 711 CE
Eastern North American societies have traditionally cultivated gourds, squash, and a variety of seed plants, but after 700, a major dependence on maize cultivation develops among the Woodland peoples as they shift from an economy based primarily on hunting and gathering to one in which maize cultivation is increasingly important.
Woodland settlements become more permanent, with house forms gradually becoming rectangular and with some villages protected by stockades or fortifications.
Concurrent with the shift among the Woodland culture from hunting and gathering to maize cultivation, the bow and arrow is introduced from the west.
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