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The Highland Mesoamerican Archaic tradition extends from about 7000 to 4000 BP (5000-2000 BC) in the mountainous inland regions of Mesoamerica. The tradition is composed of nuclear family hunter-gatherer groups that become more sedentary towards the end of the time period. Periodically, probably when seasonal resources were abundant, several groups would come together. A dance floor has been found in one macroband camp. Plant domestication starts during this time period (cucurbits, legumes, and maize), but they were only a supplementary part of the diet.

The Preceramic and Formative of the Oaxaca

Excavations in the Coxcatlan locality in the alluvial slopes

Bibliography

Introduction

Excavations in the locality of the El Riego Oasis

Excavations in the Lencho Diego locality in the dissected alluvial slopes

Excavations in the San Marcos locality in the travertine slopes

Excavations in the Ajalpan locality in the Valley center

The archaeological reconnaissance

Summary of the cultural sequence and its implications in the Tehuacan Valley

The Late Ice Age and the strategy of high mobility

Coping with risk at the local level

Agriculture as an extension of foraging strategy

Tradition Summary

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Flannery, Kent V.	The Preceramic and Formative of the Oaxaca	1981
Fowler, Melvin L. (Melvin Leo)	Excavations in the Coxcatlan locality in the alluvial slopes	1972
MacNeish, Richard S.	Bibliography	1972
MacNeish, Richard S.	Introduction	1972
MacNeish, Richard S.	Excavations in the locality of the El Riego Oasis	1972
MacNeish, Richard S.	Excavations in the Lencho Diego locality in the dissected alluvial slopes	1972
MacNeish, Richard S.	Excavations in the San Marcos locality in the travertine slopes	1972
MacNeish, Richard S.	Excavations in the Ajalpan locality in the Valley center	1972
MacNeish, Richard S.	The archaeological reconnaissance	1972
MacNeish, Richard S.	Summary of the cultural sequence and its implications in the Tehuacan Valley	1972
Marcus, Joyce	The Late Ice Age and the strategy of high mobility	1996
Marcus, Joyce	Coping with risk at the local level	1996
Marcus, Joyce	Agriculture as an extension of foraging strategy	1996
Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal)	Tradition Summary	2010

Highland Mesoamerican Archaic

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