🌐EnglishEnglishEspañolFrançaisNederlandsPortuguês中文日本語EntityQ4347456· pop 9· linked from 968 articlesformative stageAlso known as Formative Periodperiod in the archaeology of the Americas (1000 BCE – 500 CE)Available in 9 languagesEspañolFrançais日本語BelarusianCatalanFinnishGalicianNederlandsvia Wikidata sitelinks · CC0ConnectionsMaya civilizationEntityIndigenous peoples of the AmericasEntityCategories1950s neologisms1958 introductions1st century1st millennium BC20th-century BC establishments2nd millennium BC5th-century disestablishmentsArchaeological cultures of North AmericaFormative period in the AmericasPre-Columbian cultures