Mineral Resources

Annual Cycle

Settlement Patterns

Internal Trade

External Trade

Visiting and Hospitality

Diet

Bibliographies in Sources

Chronologies and Culture Sequences

Fauna

Flora

Age Stratification

Community Structure

Community Heads

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Status, Role, and Prestige

Regulation of Marriage

Extended Families

Inter-Community Relations

Topography and Geology

Soil

Identification

Diagnostic Material Attributes

Food Preparation

Weapons

General Tools

Location

Mining and Quarrying

Burial Practices and Funerals

Population

Post Depositional Processes

Cordage

Mats and Basketry

Woodworking

Lithic Industries

Material Not Relevant

Heating and Lighting Equipment

Functional Specialization Areas

Climate

Cultural Identity and Pride

Ownership and Control of Capital

Instigation of War

Collecting

Hunting and Trapping

Division of Labor by Gender

Occupational Specialization

Gender Roles and Issues

Ornament

Personal Grooming

Special Deposits

Bone, Horn, and Shell Technology

Dwellings

Utensils

Burden Carrying

Travel

TRADITION SUMMARY: EARLY DESERT ARCHAIC

ORIENTATION

ENVIRONMENT

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABSOLUTE TIME PERIOD

RELATIVE TIME PERIOD

LOCATION

DIAGNOSTIC MATERIAL ATTRIBUTES

REGIONAL SUBTRADITIONS

CLIMATE

TOPOGRAPHY

GEOLOGY

BIOTA

SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

HOUSING

POPULATION HEALTH AND DISEASE

SUBSISTENCE

WILD FOODS

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

UTENSILS

ORNAMENTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS OR CONTROL OF RESOURCES

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Early Desert Archaic tradition extends from 10,000–8000 BP in the eastern Great Basin and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, and southeastern Utah). The people were nomadic hunters and gatherers traveling in small groups to exploit seasonally available animals and plants, including small seeds as seen by the presence of flat milling stones and hand stones. Camp sites are represented by fire hearths, lithics, and the occasionally preserved faunal remains. Cave sites were sometimes used for shelter and provide evidence of an extensive perishable artifact assemblage.

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