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Early Mesoamerican Archaic

Mesoamerican First Forager Archaic

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relative time period: Follows the Late Paleo-Indian tradition and precedes all later Mesoamerican traditions.

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Macneish, R. (2001). Early Mesoamerican Archaic. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0525-9_9

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