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Tradition Summary: Highland Mesoamerican Archaic

Human Relations Area FilesNew Haven, Conn.Published In 2010 • Pages:

By: Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the Highland Mesoamerican Archaic Tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the Highland Mesoamerican Archaic archaeological tradition.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Highland Mesoamerican Archaic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
General Middle America and the Caribbean
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
7000-4000 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
highland Mesoamerica
NotesAdditional notes
Peter N. Peregrine
The major tradition summary is from "Highland Mesoamerican Archaic" by Peter N. Peregrine from the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 5, 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 synopsis and indexing notes in 2008.
Includes bibliographical references.
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities