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Late High Plains Archaic

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Relative Time Period: Follows the Middle High Plains Archaic tradition, precedes the High Plains Late Prehistoric tradition.

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Larson, M.L. (2001). Late High Plains Archaic. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0523-5_28

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