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Early Highland Andean Archaic

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relative time period: Follows the Late Andean Hunting-Collecting tradition and is followed by the Late highland Andean Archaic tradition.

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Rick, J. (2001). Early Highland Andean Archaic. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0521-1_10

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