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Early Northwest South American Littoral

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relative time period: Follows the Late Paleo-Indian tradition and precedes the Late Northwest South American Littoral tradition.

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Engwall, E. (2001). Early Northwest South American Littoral. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0525-9_11

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