Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Americas, The
6. Pre-Columbian (American)
7. [Pre-Columbian North American styles and periods]
8. Pre-Columbian North American styles
9. Woodland Tradition

Anotations

Scope note:

General term for Native North American period and culture dating approximately 500-1000 CE, characterized by an apparent dispersion of population, less trade, less emphasis on burial mounds, increased agricultural production, and advancement in bow and arrow technology that overtook the use of the spear and atlatl.