essay

Tradition Summary: Middle - Late Desert Archaic

Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2011 • Pages:

By: Wills, W. H. (Wirt Henry).

Abstract
This is a summary of the Middle - Late Desert Archaic Tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the Middle - Late Desert Archaic archaeological tradition.
Subjects
Identification
Culture summary
tradition
Middle-Late Desert Archaic
HRAF PubDate
2011
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2010
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
ca. 8000–500 BP
Coverage Place
southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, southwestern Colorado, Utah) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Sonora)
Notes
Wirt H. Wills and Peter N. Peregrine
The major tradition summary is from " Middle Desert Archaic (Southwest Archaic, Western Archaic)" by Wirt H. Wills and "Late Desert Archaic (Proto-Numic)" by Peter N. Peregrine, from the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 6, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. New YorK: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2001. We thank Peter N. Peregrine for bibliographic suggestions. Sarah Berry wrote the collection overview in 2010. The indexing notes were written by Sarah Berry in 2010.
Includes bibliographical references.
LCSH
Indians of North America--Antiquities