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Appendix VIIIessay 1981 • Rick, John W.
Highland Mesoamerican Early Preclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > General Middle America and the Caribbean
This article discusses the Early Formative stone tool industry at Santo Domingo Tomaltepec which the author characterizes as a flake and core industry largely involved with hard hammer percussion. A table is presented in the text listing the variety ...Prehistoric hunters of the high Andesbook chapter 1980 • Rick, John W.
Highland Andean Archaic • South America > Central Andes
In this book Rick writes of his research in central Peru. There he and others studied the preceramic settlement patterns in an area of the Mantaro drainage. Twenty-six sites were found. Two sites were excavated: Pachamachay, which is a base camp, and...The character and context of highland preceramic societyessay 1988 • Rick, John W.
Highland Andean Archaic • South America > Central Andes
Rick has 'chosen to treat the postglacial Central Andean Preceramic sychronically, as if there were no evolution of adaptations across the 7,500 years of time.' This is from his belief that the changes that occurred have not yet been well documented....Tradition summaryessay 2003 • Rick, John W. & Kuznar, Lawrence
Highland Andean Archaic • South America > Central Andes
This is a summary of the Highland Andean Archaic Tradition....