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concentrate on major river valleys, but also follow transects across the state representing projects like utility lines and highways. Recorded sites include information about the type of site present and the time period or cultural affiliation. Site types include habitation(where people lived), mortuary(where burial activities took place), commercial(business location or resource exploitation), and dumps(refuse disposal). Time periods are usually divided into prehistoric and historic periods. The prehistoric period predates European exploration and settlement of this area. Designation of an archaeological site as "prehistoric" normally indicates that the archaeologist who recorded the site did not find any diagnostic artifacts that could date the site to a specific time period or cultural affiliation. The earliest time period in Illinois is the Paleoindian(10,000 B.C.). Sites from this era are rare and always considered significant when found. The next time period is identified as Archaic(8,000-600 B.C). The Archaic period is divided into Early Archaic (8,000-6,000 B.C),Middle Archaic(6,000-3,000 B.C.)and Late Archaic(3,000-600 B.C.) The Paleoindian and Archaic periods are dominated by hunting and gathering nomadic people. Towards the end of the Archaic period,habitation sites become larger and more permanently occupied, burial mounds start to be built, and plant domestication is present. . When pottery-making begins in 600 B.C. we enter the Woodland Period. The Woodland period is also divided into Early Woodland(600-200 B.C.), Middle Woodland(200 B.C.-A.D. 400)and Late Woodland (A.D. 400-900)periods. In northern Illinois Late Woodland continues into the historic period. The Woodland period is followed by the Mississippian period in central and southern Illinois and lasts from A.D. 900-1450. This is followed by the occurrence of proto-historic tribes during the next two hundred years. The historic period in Illinois begins in 1673 with the arrival of Marquette and Joliet. In Illinois, archaeologists and historians have divided historic sites into the following episodes: Historic(generic); Native American Historic(1673-present); Colonial (1673-1780); Pioneer(1781-1840); Frontier(1841- 1870); Early Industrial(1871-1900); Urban Industrial(1901-1945); and Post-War(1946-present). 15