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Traditions Covered

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Africa

 OWC From (BP) To (BP) No. Docs. Pages
West African Iron Age FA75 2500 1200 17 1914
Wilton FX50 10000 2000 6 1362
Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Maghreb M050 20000 7500 13 1145
Middle Paleolithic Egypt MR45 230000 45000 8 1278
Late Paleolithic Egypt MR50 45000 7000 20 876
Upper Egypt Predynastic MR55 7000 5000 25 2013
Lower Egypt Predynastic MR60 7000 5000 21 1409
Early Dynastic Egypt MR70 5000 4575 54 1863
Khartoum Neolithic MS50 5700 3550 5 1342
           

Africa

          
Yayoi AB80 2500 1500 29 871
Dawenkou AF50 7000 5000 7 1053
Southeast China Early Neolithic AF70 9000 5500 14 725
Eastern Central Asia Neolithic and Bronze Age AJ50 6000 1500 6 187
Indus Neolithic AQ40 7000 5000 9 794
Ganges Neolithic AQ50 4000 2500 10 757
Central Indian Neolithic AQ63 5000 3100 14 701
Scythian-Sarmatian MA51 4000 1700 6 986
           

Europe

          
Early Nomad RL60 2800 2300 37 1566
Bell Beaker E050 4500 3800 9 1342
Impressed Ware E051 6800 6000 38 1258
Southeastern Europe Late Chalcolithic E075 5500 4500 38 2021
Scandinavian Iron Age E087 2500 1500 20 1470
           

Middle America

          
Olmec NU95 3400 2100 41 1993
Huatabampo NU75 900 500 3 669
West Mexico Postclassic NU76 1100 480 15 1852
Lowland Mesoamerican Archaic NY50 7000 3800 8 316
Preclassic Maya NY52 3800 1850 63 2894
Classic Maya NY53 2100 1100 30 4320
Postclassic Maya NY54 1100 400 43 1401
Late Caribbean S051 1000 500 12 1860
           

Middle East

          
Jemdet Nasr MH62 5100 4900 17 586
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia MH60 6000 5100 31 3326
Ubaid MH55 8000 6000 35 1551
Halafian M086 7700 7000 24 2121
Iranian Bronze Age MA50 5000 3500 7 2198
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia MH64 4900 4334 12 2148
           

North America

          
Eastern Arctic Small Tool N050 4000 2700 27 745
Late Tundra NA45 8000 6000 20 1224
Norton NA50 3000 1000 25 1665
Initial Shield Woodland NC54 3000 600 10 915
Proto-Athapaskans ND50 4000 150 32 1171
Eastern Middle Archaic NN50 8000 6000 28 819
Eastern Middle Woodland NN64 2100 1300 33 1116
Eastern Late Woodland NN67 1300 500 11 1784
Hopewell NP55 2100 1700 67 1266
Cascade NR50 8000 5000 6 1191
Late Southern California NS50 3000 150 20 2298
           
           

Oceania

          
New Guinea Neolithic OJ50 10000 100 9 488
Hawaiian OV50 800 200 6 1291
           

South America

          
Andean Regional Development S050 2200 1300 12 2741
Early Northwest South American Littoral S060 9000 5500 11 1308
Manteño SD50 1500 500 5 1262
Highland Andean Archaic SE47 7000 3500 14 1080
Highland Andean Formative SE48 3500 2200 8 1915
Chavín SE49 2800 2200 13 1772
Huari SE65 1200 900 24 797
Andean Regional States SE70 900 530 17 2017
Inka SE80 800 468 24 4285
Tiahuanaco SF45 1600 900 20 1276
Aymara Kingdoms SF50 900 530 11 1202

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