Editing Pecos Classification (section)

===Archaic–Early Basketmaker (8000 – 1500 BCE)=== 
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The pre-Ancestral Pueblo culture that moved into the modern-day [[Southwestern United States]] after the big game hunters departed are called ''Archaic''. Little evidence for extensive habitation before 8000 BC exists.  From evidence near [[Navajo Mountain]], they were [[nomad|nomadic people]], [[hunter-gatherer]]s traveling in small bands.  They gathered wild foods when in [[season]], and hunted with stone-tipped spears, ''[[atlatl]]s'', and [[Dart (missile)|dart]]s. Game included [[rabbit]]s, [[deer]], [[antelope]], and [[bighorn sheep]].

The original classification postulated a '''Basketmaker I Period''' which was subsequently discredited due to lack of physical evidence.  It was combined with the '''Archaic Period'''.

This period was called [[Oshara tradition]]. There was a trend toward a sedentary lifestyle, with small-scale cultivation of plants beginning 1000 BC.