Site Index.

	Natural Setting	Southeastern Prehistory	Caribbean Prehistory
Site Index Natural Setting \| Prehistory (13,000 B.C. to A.D. 1,500) \| Historical Periods (A.D. 1,500 to present)
	•Southeastern United States •Caribbean •Further Reading	•Paleoindian Period -Further Reading -National Park Units Overview Early Paleoindian Middle Paleoindian Late Paleoindian •Archaic Period -Further Reading -National Park Units History of Investigations Early Archaic Middle Archaic Late Archaic •Woodland Period -Further Reading -National Park Units History of Investigations Early Woodland Middle Woodland Late Woodland •Mississippian and Late Prehistoric Period -Further Reading -National Park Units History of Investigations Mississippian Culture Other Late Prehistoric Cultures •Prehistoric Underwater Archeological Resources	•Paleoindian Period •Mesoindian Period -Preceramic Subcultures Casimiroid Culture Ortoiroid Culture Krum Bay Subseries Coroso Subseries •Neoindian -Ceramic Subcultures Saladoid Period Ostionoid Period Elenan Ostionoid Subseries Magens Bay-Salt River 1 Chican Subseries •Further Reading •National Park Units

	European Exploration of the Southeast and Caribbean	American Independence and Westward Expansion	The United States through the 19th and 20th Centuries
	•Spanish Exploration and Settlement -National Park Units Caribbean Southeast •French Exploration and Settlement -National Park Units Caribbean Gulf Coast Mississippi Valley •English Exploration and Settlement -National Park Units Exploration Settlement of Georgia •Danish Exploration and Settlement -National Park Units •Underwater Archeology Related to Colonial Exploration and Settlement •Further Reading	•Growth of Urban Areas and Previous Settlements -National Park Unit •The American Revolution: the War in the South -Underwater Archeology Related to the Revolutionary War -National Park Units •British and United States Exploration of the West -National Park Units •War of 1812 (1812-1815) -National Park Units •Development of Coastal Forts System •Further Reading	•Forced Removal of American Indians: The Federal Indian Removal Policy -National Park Unit •The War Between the States (American Civil War: 1861-1865) -Underwater Archeology Related to the Civil War -National Park Units The Nation Divides War in the East War in the West Naval Action •The Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) -National Park Units •America Becomes a World Power (1865-1914) -Underwater Archeology Related to Economic Development -National Park Units •The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929-1941) -National Park Units •Further Reading