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relative time period: Follows the Late Northwest South American Littoral tradition and precedes the Late Chibcha tradition.
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Hoopes, J.W. (2001). Early Chibcha. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0525-9_8
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