Basketmaker culture

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Chaco_Canyon
gptkb:Mesa_Verde
gptkb:Canyon_de_Chelly
gptkbp:artifactsFound gptkb:atlatl
woven baskets
early pottery
pithouses
gptkbp:burialPractice flexed burials
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Basketmaker_II
gptkb:Basketmaker_III
gptkbp:house pithouse
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Basketmaker culture
gptkbp:languageFamily Uto-Aztecan (probable)
gptkbp:mainAnimalsDomesticated gptkb:meat
gptkbp:mainCrops maize
squash
beans
gptkbp:material gptkb:stone
gptkb:bone
wood
gptkbp:notableFor basketry
rock art
gathering wild plants
hunting small game
transition to agriculture
semi-subterranean dwellings
use of sandals
use of digging sticks
absence of ceramics in early phases
cordage production
development of storage pits
early use of cotton (in later phases)
introduction of pottery in later phases
use of atlatl before bow and arrow
use of bone awls
use of manos and metates
use of nets and snares
use of shell ornaments
use of split-twig figurines
use of yucca fiber
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ancestral_Puebloans
gptkbp:period 1500 BCE – 750 CE
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Pueblo_I_period
gptkbp:region gptkb:American_Southwest
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fremont_culture
gptkb:Hohokam_culture
gptkb:Mogollon_culture
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Pueblo_culture
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Puebloan_Southwest
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6