book chapter
South American regions: the Atlantic side of the continent
settlement of the Americas: a new prehistory • New York • Published In 2000 • Pages: 187-214
By: Dillehay, Tom D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides an overview of archaeological sites from the late Pleistocene to early Holocene found to the east of the Andes in South America. The author concentrates on describing the artifacts and the various economies indicated by the archaeological record.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Diet
- Land use
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Paleo-Indian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- 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
- book chapter
- 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; 2016
- 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
- 15,300-8000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern South America
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas D. Dillehay
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 00027572
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians