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relative time period: Follows the Late Paleoindian tradition and precedes the historic period. Encompasses the period from the end of the Pleistocene until European contact and subsumes the early Cienagas complex, and the later Jora complex, as well as the mortuary Mayran complex.

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Turpin, S. (2001). Coahuilan. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0525-9_6

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