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. The Americas
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 200 BCE–500 CE, characterized by a shift of settlement to the interior of North America, an expansion of local and inter-regional trade, finer ceramics, and a shift to more elaborate burial practices for important people.