Dugout canoes allowed travel, trade, and communication along waterways. in which cultural period are these canoes characteristic?

The answer is "A rchaic Cultural Period".

Archaic cultures are characterized by a gathering of basic qualities as opposed to a specific day and age or area; in Mesoamerica, Age-Archaic cultures existed from around 8,000 - 2,000 BC, while some Archaic cultures in the Great Basin of the U. S. Southwest started at about a similar time however held on well into the nineteenth century.