Eastern Agricultural Complex

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Eastern_Agricultural_Complex
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:EAC
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Salts_Cave
Cloudsplitter Shelter
Indian Knoll
Koster Site
gptkbp:culturalSignificance supported population growth
enabled sedentary villages
influenced later Native American societies
gptkbp:declineDate ca. 1000 CE
gptkbp:domesticationDate ca. 2500 BCE
gptkbp:firstDomesticated native North American plants
gptkbp:followedBy maize agriculture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eastern Agricultural Complex
gptkbp:mainCrops gptkb:plant_species
squash
goosefoot
knotweed
little barley
maygrass
sumpweed
gptkbp:notableFlora gptkb:Helianthus_annuus
gptkb:Polygonum_erectum
gptkb:Chenopodium_berlandieri
Iva annua
Phalaris caroliniana
gptkbp:period gptkb:Archaic_period
gptkb:Woodland_period
gptkbp:precededBy hunter-gatherer societies
gptkbp:region gptkb:Eastern_North_America
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mississippian_culture
gptkb:Hopewell_tradition
gptkb:Adena_culture
gptkbp:replacedBy maize-based agriculture
gptkbp:significance one of the independent centers of plant domestication
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Polygonum_erectum
gptkb:Chenopodium_berlandieri
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6