Ohio's Prehistoric Timeline
People have lived in the land we now call Ohio for more than 12,000 years! This timeline is an outline of the story of Ohio's past, from 13,000 B.C. until 1843, as related by archaeologists and historians. It is organized by time period and cultural tradition and includes a few selected events from world history for comparison with what was happening in Ohio.
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References and Suggested Reading
- Barr, Daniel P., ed. The Boundaries Between Us: Natives and Newcomers Along the Frontiers of the Old Northwest Territory, 1750-1850. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2006. - Available from Amazon.com
- Bond, Beverley W., Jr. The Foundations of Ohio. Columbus, OH: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1941.
- Cayton, Andrew. Ohio: The History of a People. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2002. - Available from Amazon.com
- Emerson, T.E., McElrath, D.L. , and Fortier, A. C. , eds. Late Woodland Societies: Tradition and Transformation Across the Midcontinent. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. - Available from Amazon.com
- Hurt, R. Douglas. The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1996. - Available from Amazon.com
- Knepper, George. Ohio and Its People. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2003. - Available from Amazon.com
- O'Donnell, James H., III. Ohio's First Peoples. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004. - Available from Amazon.com
- Prufer, Olaf H., S.E. Pedde, and R.S. Meindle, editors. Archaic Transitions in Ohio and Kentucky Prehistory. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2001. - Available from Amazon.com
- Ricky, Donald B., ed. Encyclopedia of Ohio Indians. St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers, Inc., 1998. - Available from Amazon.com
- Struever, S., and F. Antonelli. Koster: Americans in Search of Their Prehistoric Past. New York: Holton New American Library, 1979. - Available from Amazon.com
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Citation
"Ohio's Prehistoric Timeline", Ohio History Central, July 1, 2005, http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1887
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