400: Cultivation of
maize (corn) begins in the American Southeastern Woodlands and soon reaches the Northeastern Woodlands. Originally domesticated in
Mesoamerica, maize transforms the
Eastern Agricultural Complex.
400:
Ancestral Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest weave extraordinarily long nets for trapping small animals and make
yucca fibers into large sacks and bags.
Scandinavians briefly settled
Vinland (likely
l'Anse aux Meadows on the Canadian Maritime island of
Newfoundland) early in the century and perhaps ventured as far south as New England.
Pueblo people in the American Southwest evacuate most above-ground pueblos to build spectacular
cliff dwellings housing hundreds of people.
The dominant
Ancestral Pueblo begin gradually absorbing the
Mongollon culture in the American Southwest.
Athapaskan-speaking people begin migrating from the prairies of Alberta and Montana toward the
American Southwest.
The
Four Corners area of the American Southwest suffered severe droughts late in the century, causing many Pueblos to abandon their cliff dwellings for irrigable settlements along the
Rio Grande in southern New Mexico.
1315–1317: The
Little Ice Age brought a period of severe decline to medieval Europe, causing the
Great Famine.
The 14th century in America probably also brought decline of the
Mississippian culture, especially in the northern states.
Dendroclimatology suggests that severe droughts ravaged the American Southwest and especially the Southern Plains early in the period, leading to a rapid cultural decline.
Athapaskan-speaking people continue to migrate southward from the Canadian prairies toward the
American Southwest.
^
abBarry Gwin Williams, "Cultural Resources Overview: Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge – Southeast South Dakota," US Fish and Wildlife Service: Region 6 – Cultural Resource Program (Jan. 2012), DOC.
^Malki Museum. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 1994. Volume 16, Issue 1: 63
^Greene, Candace S. and Russel Thornton, ed. The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2007.
ISBN0-8032-2211-4, p. 42
^Johansen, Bruce E.
Dating the Iroquois Confederacy.Akwesasne Notes. Fall 1995, Volume 1, 3 & 4, pp. 62–63. (retrieved through Ratical.com, 26 Oct 2009)
400: Cultivation of
maize (corn) begins in the American Southeastern Woodlands and soon reaches the Northeastern Woodlands. Originally domesticated in
Mesoamerica, maize transforms the
Eastern Agricultural Complex.
400:
Ancestral Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest weave extraordinarily long nets for trapping small animals and make
yucca fibers into large sacks and bags.
Scandinavians briefly settled
Vinland (likely
l'Anse aux Meadows on the Canadian Maritime island of
Newfoundland) early in the century and perhaps ventured as far south as New England.
Pueblo people in the American Southwest evacuate most above-ground pueblos to build spectacular
cliff dwellings housing hundreds of people.
The dominant
Ancestral Pueblo begin gradually absorbing the
Mongollon culture in the American Southwest.
Athapaskan-speaking people begin migrating from the prairies of Alberta and Montana toward the
American Southwest.
The
Four Corners area of the American Southwest suffered severe droughts late in the century, causing many Pueblos to abandon their cliff dwellings for irrigable settlements along the
Rio Grande in southern New Mexico.
1315–1317: The
Little Ice Age brought a period of severe decline to medieval Europe, causing the
Great Famine.
The 14th century in America probably also brought decline of the
Mississippian culture, especially in the northern states.
Dendroclimatology suggests that severe droughts ravaged the American Southwest and especially the Southern Plains early in the period, leading to a rapid cultural decline.
Athapaskan-speaking people continue to migrate southward from the Canadian prairies toward the
American Southwest.
^
abBarry Gwin Williams, "Cultural Resources Overview: Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge – Southeast South Dakota," US Fish and Wildlife Service: Region 6 – Cultural Resource Program (Jan. 2012), DOC.
^Malki Museum. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 1994. Volume 16, Issue 1: 63
^Greene, Candace S. and Russel Thornton, ed. The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2007.
ISBN0-8032-2211-4, p. 42
^Johansen, Bruce E.
Dating the Iroquois Confederacy.Akwesasne Notes. Fall 1995, Volume 1, 3 & 4, pp. 62–63. (retrieved through Ratical.com, 26 Oct 2009)