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Taagepera, R. Size and duration of empires growth-decline curves, 3000 to 600 b.c.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

French archaeologists, for example, have found exquisite ceramic figurines, bowls and funerary objects at sites that date from at least 8000 b.c.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Adena interaction sphere lasted from about 800 B.C. to about 100 b.c.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

When it again became a threat, Monte Alban attacked for the second time in 120 b.c.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Today La Venta is partly buried by an oil refinery, but in its heyday—roughly speaking, 1150 b.c. to 500 B.C.—it was a large community with a ring of housing that surrounded a grand ceremonial center.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann