page_title: Late Basketmaker II Era
hierarchical_section_title: Late Basketmaker II Era
caption_attribution_description: Large View A National Historic Site near the needles area of Canyonlands NP in SE Utah.
context_page_description: The Late Basketmaker II Era was a cultural period of Ancient Pueblo People when people began living in pit-houses, raised maize and squash, and were proficient basket makers and weavers. They also hunted game and gathered wild foods, such as pinyon nuts.
  The Early and Late Basketmaker II Eras are often described as one "Basketmaker period".
context_section_description: The Late Basketmaker II Era (AD 50 to 500) was a cultural period of Ancient Pueblo People when people began living in pit-houses, raised maize and squash, and were proficient basket makers and weavers.  They also hunted game and gathered wild foods, such as pinyon nuts.
  The Early and Late Basketmaker II Eras (Pecos Classification) are often described as one "Basketmaker period".
caption: The first carvings at the Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument site were made around 2,000 years ago, left by people from the Archaic, Basketmaker, Fremont, and Pueblo cultures.[1]
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