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A Brief Report on Paleoindian-Archaic Occupation in the Quiche Basin, Guatemala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kenneth L. Brown
Kenneth L. Brown*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004
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Abstract

Recent research within the Quiche Basin of Highland Guatemala has revealed at least 117 sites with remains suggestive of Paleoindian and Archaic periods of occupation. Partly because these artifacts are predominantly of a gray, fine-grained basalt rather than obsidian, we have been able to rapidly recognize surface indications of these occupations. Tentative settlement patterns for these time periods are discussed. These patterns-particularly the Archaic pattern-suggest that early human occupation may have been somewhat different in the Quiche Basin from patterns defined for other areas of Mesoamerica. This may be due to the environmental conditions of the areas involved.

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American Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 313 - 324
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980

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