Late Basketmaker II era
| Ancestral Pueblo 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 Late Basketmaker II era (AD 50 to 500) was a cultural period of Ancient Pueblo People when people began living in pit-houses, raised maize and squash, and were proficient basket makers and weavers. They also hunted game and gathered wild foods, such as pinyon nuts.
The Early and Late Basketmaker II eras (Pecos Classification) are often described as one "Basketmaker period". It is preceded by the Early Basketmaker II era, and is followed by the Basketmaker III era.