More CulturesThe appearance of Woodland Tradition in the Mid-Atlantic region is associated with the introduction of pottery about 1,000 B.C. The Woodland period follows upon the Savannah River Phase in the Carolina Piedmont area. The pottery types include a heavy grit-tempered, cord marked style characteristic of Ohio and Illinois and derived from the Hopewell traditions of the same period in those areas. Other types were stick or textile impressed, and cord wrapped as well as cord marked. Somewhat later in the sequence burial mounds appear containing sub-floor pits and other traits also characteristic of Hopewell Culture. In the Mid-Atlantic the Woodland Tradition continues well beyond the Hopewell Horizon. In the Carolina Piedmont region a series of phases have been recognized but are essentially unmodified Woodland in nature throughout the Burial Mound Period and most of the Temple Mound Period as well. The Mid-Atlantic Woodland Period saw the adoption of a maize dominated agriculture relatively late and preserved other earlier predominantly Woodland traits up to European contact.
From: Willey, Gordon R. An Introduction to American Archaeology. Englewood Cliffs New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1966. Pg. 281-285