Material Culture Interpretation JM By jmoreno123 Period: 50,000 BCE to 2000 Material Culture interpretation 48,000 BCE Humans reach Australia 48,000 BCE Homo sapiens reach Europe 18,000 BCE Humans reach North America 13,000 BCE Dogs first domesticated 8000 BCE Rice first domesticated 8000 BCE Maize first domesticated 3500 BCE Horses first domesticated 3200 BCE Sumerian cuneiform first developed 2600 BCE Great Pyramid at Giza Built 2500 BCE Stonehenge Built 2000 BCE Sunflowers first domesticated 1450 Great Zimbabwe first built 1492 Columbus arrives in North America 1950 Radiocarbon dating ‘zero’