Early Holocene Cultural Diversity in Central America: Comment on Prufer et al. (2019) “Linking Late Paleoindian Stone Tool Technologies and Populations in North, Central and South America”

2020/01/13 by Jon C. Lohse · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/01977261.2020.1713609

openalex publication_date 2020/01/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

A recent publication by Keith Prufer and colleagues based on new data from southern Belize defines a “Lowe complex” and seeks to relate these finds to Late Paleoindian technologies in North and South America. This review corrects some parts of the record as presented by Prufer et al.

Citations

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• A Summary Report on Three Seasons of Field Investigations into the Archaic Period Prehistory of Lowland Belize
• Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records
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• OPINIONS ON THE LOWLAND MAYA LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD WITH SOME EVIDENCE FROM NORTHERN BELIZE
• Preceramic period in Belize [wikipedia]
• Tzibte Yux [wikipedia]

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