11th century in North American history

1st millennium - 11th century - 12th century

The 11th century in North American history provides a timeline of events occurring within the North American continent from 1001 CE to 1100 CE in the Gregorian calendar. This time period (from 1000 BCE–present) is known as the Post-archaic period (Post-archaic stage). Although this timeline segment may include some European or other world events that profoundly influenced later American life, it focuses on developments within Native American communities. The archaeological records supplements indigenous recorded and oral history.

Because of the inaccuracies inherent in radiocarbon dating and in interpreting other elements of the archaeological record, most dates in this timeline represent approximations that may vary a century or more from source to source. The assumptions implicit in archaeological dating methods also may yield a general bias in the dating in this timeline.

List of events

• 1000-1200: Dresden Codex written and illuminated. This Yucatecan Mayan codex from Chichén Itzá is the earliest known surviving book from the Americas^[1]
• 1000-1200: Acoma Pueblo and Old Oraibi are established, become the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States^[2][3][4]
• 1000–1750: Fort Ancient, a non-Mississippian culture emerges in modern-day southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana, and western West Virginia.
• 1070: Great Serpent Mound built in Ohio.^[5]
• 1100: Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon reaches apex in size at 800 rooms^[6]
• 1100: Hohokam culture reaches apex in present-day Arizona^[6]
• Scandinavian Vikings briefly settled Vinland (now l'Anse aux Meadows on the Canadian Maritime island of Newfoundland) early in the century and perhaps ventured as far south as New England.
• The Inuit Thule people began absorbing the old Dorset culture in Arctic Alaska.
• Natives of west-central New Mexico began to inhabit the mesa-top Acoma Pueblo, widely regarded as the oldest continually occupied settlement in the United States, before 1075.

See also

• Mississippian culture
• List of archaeological periods (North America)

Notes

1. "The Dresden Codex". World Digital Library. August 7, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
3. Ancient Citadel. Smithsonian Magazine. April 2008.
4. Casey, Robert L. Journey to the High Southwest. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 2007: 382. ISBN 978-0-7627-4064-2.
5. Saraceni, Jessica E. Redating the Serpent Mound. Archaeology. Vol. 49, No. 6 Nov/Dec 1996 (retrieved 26 Oct 2009)
6. Berlo and Phillips, 274

References

• Berlo, Janet C. and Ruth B. Phillips. Native North American Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998: 97-8. ISBN 978-0-19-284218-3.