Early Basketmaker II period
| Ancestral Puebloan periods |
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Archaic–Early Basketmaker 7000–1500 BCE |
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Early Basketmaker II 1500 BCE–50 CE |
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Late Basketmaker II 50–500 |
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Basketmaker III 500–750 |
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Pueblo I 750–900 |
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Pueblo II 900–1150 |
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Pueblo III 1150–1350 |
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Pueblo IV 1350–1600 |
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Pueblo V 1600–present |
The Early Basketmaker II period (1500 BCE – 50 CE) was the first post-Archaic cultural period of ancient Pueblo people. The period began with the cultivation of maize in the northern American southwest, although there was not a dependence upon agriculture until about 500 BCE. It is preceded by the Archaic–Early Basketmaker period, and is followed by the Late Basketmaker II period.