<Table> <Tr> <Th> CULTURE OR GROUP </Th> <Th> TIME </Th> <Th> LOCATION FOUND </Th> <Th> IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clovis </Td> <Td> 11,000 to 9200 BCE </Td> <Td> Eastern Plains </Td> <Td> Hunted big game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Folsom </Td> <Td> 8200 BCE </Td> <Td> American Southwest </Td> <Td> Hunted big game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Desert Culture I </Td> <Td> 6000 to 2000 BCE </Td> <Td> American Southwest </Td> <Td> Hunted small game; gathered seeds . nuts, and berries </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Desert Culture II </Td> <Td> 2000 to 500 BCE </Td> <Td> American Southwest </Td> <Td> Developed early gardening skills, baskets, and milling stones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mogollon </Td> <Td> 300 BCE to CE 1150 </Td> <Td> West - central and southwestern New Mexico </Td> <Td> Farmed crops, made pottery, and lived in pit - house villages </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anasazi: Basketmaker </Td> <Td> CE 1 to 500 </Td> <Td> Northwestern New Mexico </Td> <Td> Used the Atlatl, gathered food, and made fine baskets </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Modified Basketmaker </Td> <Td> CE 500 to 700 </Td> <Td> Northwestern New Mexico </Td> <Td> Lived in pit house villages, used the manos and metate, learned pottery - making, and used bows and arrows </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Developmental Pueblo </Td> <Td> CE 700 to 1050 </Td> <Td> Northwestern New Mexico </Td> <Td> Built Adobe houses, used cotton cloth and infant cradleboards </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Pueblo </Td> <Td> CE 1050 to 1300 </Td> <Td> Northwestern New Mexico (Chaco Canyon, Aztec) </Td> <Td> Built multistory pueblos, practiced irrigation, and laid out road systems </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rio Grande Classic </Td> <Td> CE 1300 to 1600 </Td> <Td> West - central New Mexico, Rio Grande Valley, Pecos </Td> <Td> Abandoned northwestern New Mexico sites, migrated to new areas of settlement, and changed building and pottery style </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> CULTURE OR GROUP </Th> <Th> TIME </Th> <Th> LOCATION FOUND </Th> <Th> IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clovis </Td> <Td> 11,000 to 9200 BCE </Td> <Td> Eastern Plains </Td> <Td> Hunted big game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Folsom </Td> <Td> 8200 BCE </Td> <Td> American Southwest </Td> <Td> Hunted big game </Td> </Tr>

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