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Tradition Summary: Early Paleo-Indian

Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2019 • Pages:

By: Berry, Sarah H. (Archaeologist).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the Early Paleo-Indian Tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the Early Paleo-Indian 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)
Early Paleo-Indian
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2019
RegionThe area the document pertains to
New World
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
New World
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 ; 2017
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
14,000-10,200 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
North America and South America
NotesAdditional notes
Sarah Berry
The culture summary was written by Sarah Berry in January, 2018. We thank Peter N. Peregrine for bibliographic suggestions.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleo-Indians