Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (573 page)

 
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The following charts show the approximate duration of the main stages, traditions, and cultures recognized in the archaeology of the Americas from about 10000 BC down to the present day. It should be noted that the earliest stages and cultures represented extend back well beyond 10000 BC, although the full antiquity of human occupation in the Americas is not yet established.
For the purposes of presentation, the area is divided into two blocks, North and Mesoamerica, and South America.
North America and Mesoamerica is subdivided into six regions as shown on the above map:

1 Arctic areas (including Alaska, Canada, and the islands off the north coast of Canada)
2 The Great Plains of central and western parts of the USA
3 The Eastern Woodland region of the USA east of the Mississippi
4 The west coast of the USA and western Canada
5 The southwest of the USA and northern Mexico
6 Mesoamerica: including southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and part of Nicaragua

South America is subdivided into five regions as shown on the above map:

1 Central America, including Costa Rica and Panama
2 The Caribbean
3 The Andes and the west coast, including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
4 Amazonia and the east coast, including Venezuela and Brazil
5 The far south, including Chile and Argentina

 
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A Latin term for the headquarters building of a Roman
FORT
or
FORTRESS
, consisting of a courtyard surrounded by porticos on three sides, behind which lay ranges of rooms, and a cross-hall (
basilica principiorum
) on the fourth.

 
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