Encyclopedia of Prehistory

1. Front Matter

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2. Adena

   • Christopher Hays

   Pages 1-13

3. Archaic Oregon Coast

   • Rick Minor

   Pages 14-20

4. Basketmaker II

   • Francis E. Smiley

   Pages 21-26

5. Cascade

   • Loren Davis

   Pages 27-29

6. Central Plains Village

   • Peter N. Peregrine

   Pages 30-31

7. Cosumnes

   • Peter N. Peregrine

   Pages 32-33

8. Early Anasazi

   • Jonathan Haas

   Pages 34-42

9. Early and Middle High Plains Archaic

   • Peter N. Peregrine

   Pages 43-44

10. Early Desert Archaic

    • Barbara Roth

    Pages 45-54

11. Early Eastern Archaic

    • I. Randolph Daniel Jr.

    Pages 55-80

12. Early Eastern Woodland

    • Andrea A. Hunter

    Pages 81-97

13. Early Hohokam

    • Devin White, Stephen Lekson

    Pages 98-114

14. Early Mogollon

    • Stephen Lekson

    Pages 115-129

15. Early Paleoindian

    • Kenneth B. Tankersley

    Pages 130-141

16. Early Sierra Nevada

    • Peter N. Peregrine

    Pages 142-143

17. Early Southern California

    • Chester King

    Pages 144-157

18. Formative Oregon Coast

    • Rick Minor

    Pages 158-173

19. Fort Ancient

    • A. Gwynn Henderson, David Pollack

    Pages 174-194

20. Fremont

    • Partricia Dean

    Pages 195-212

The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents temporal dimension. Major traditions are an attempt to provide basic information also defined by a somewhat different set of on all archaeologically known cultures, sociocultural characteristics than are eth­ covering the entire globe and the entire nological cultures. Major traditions are prehistory of humankind. It is designed as defined based on common subsistence a tool to assist in doing comparative practices, sociopolitical organization, and research on the peoples of the past. Most material industries, but language, ideology, of the entries are written by the world's and kinship ties play little or no part in foremost experts on the particular areas their definition because they are virtually and time periods. unrecoverable from archaeological con­ The Encyclopedia is organized accord­ texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and ing to major traditions. A major tradition kinship ties are central to defining ethno­ is defined as a group of populations sharing logical cultures.

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