Ancient American Time Line

	NORTH AMERICA	MESOAMERICA	SOUTH AMERICA
5000- 3000 B.C.			Chinchorro
3000-2000 B.C.	Coppersmiths (to 1000 B.C.)	Maya Pre-Classic Era (2000 B.C.-A.D. 300)	Valdivia pottery on Ecuador coast
1200 B.C.		Olmec (to c. 300 B.C.)
1000 B.C.	Poverty Point Culture (to 500B.C.)
800 B.C.			Chavin de Huantar (850-200 B.C.)
500 B.C.	Adena (to A.D. 200)
200 B.C.		El Mirador occupied (c. 200 B.C. to A.D.150
100 B.C.	Hopewell (to A.D. 350)		Tiahuanaco (to A.D. 1200) Moche (to A.D. 750)
A.D. 100		Teotihuacan flourishes (to c A.D.650)
A.D. 200		Palenque occupied (to c. A.D.820)
A.D. 300	Anasazi (to A.D.1300)	Maya Classic Era (to A.D.900) Monte Alban Classic Era (to A.D.1000)
A.D. 500			Tairona (to A.D.1500)
A.D. 800	Mississippian (to A.D.1500)
A.D. 900	Pueblo Bonito constructed (c A.D.920-1150)	Toltec Maya (A.D.987-1526)
A.D. 1000	Vikings reach North America		Chimu (to c. A.D.1470)
A.D. 1300	Chaco Canyon abandoned	Aztec (A.D.1350-1519)
A.D. 1400	Key Marco, Florida (to A.D.1700)		Inca (c. A.D.1438-1532)