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Traditions Covered

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Africa

 OWC From (BP) To (BP) No. Docs. Pages
Random:          
Khartoum Neolithic MS50 5700 3550 5 1342
Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Maghreb M050 20000 7500 13 1145
West African Iron Age FA75 2500 1200 17 1914
Wilton FX50 10000 2000 6 1362
           
Nile Valley Sequence:          
Middle Paleolithic Egypt (also random) 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
Protohistoric Egypt MR80 4575 3552 9 1402
           

Asia

          
Random:          
Central Indian Neolithic AQ63 5000 3100 14 701
Dawenkou AF50 7000 5000 7 1053
Early Nomad RL60 2800 2300 37 1566
Eastern Central Asia Neolithic and Bronze Age AJ50 6000 1500 6 187
Ganges Neolithic AQ50 4000 2500 10 757
Indus Neolithic AQ40 7000 5000 9 794
Scythian-Sarmatian MA51 4000 1700 6 986
Southeast China Early Neolithic AF70 9000 5500 14 725
Tarya Neolithic RL60 4000 2500 4 855
Yayoi AB80 2500 1500 29 871
           
           

Europe

          
Random:          
Bell Beaker E050 4500 3800 9 1342
Impressed Ware E051 6800 6000 38 1258
Scandinavian Iron Age E087 2500 1500 20 1470
Southeastern Europe Late Chalcolithic E075 5500 4500 38 2021
           

Middle America

          
Random:          
Huatabampo NU75 1800 500 3 669
Late Caribbean S051 1000 500 12 1860
West Mexico Postclassic NU76 1100 480 15 1852
           
Mayan Sequence:          
Early Mesoamerican Archaic NY30 9600 7000 45 664
Lowland Mesoamerican Archaic NY50 7000 3800 8 316
Olmec (also random) NU95 3400 2100 41 1993
Preclassic Maya NY52 3800 1850 63 2894
Classic Maya (also random) NY53 2100 1100 30 4320
Postclassic Maya NY54 1100 400 43 1401
           
Highland Mesoamerican Sequence:          
Highland Mesoamerican Archaic NY40 7000 4000 14 576
Highland Mesoamerican Early Preclassic NY41 4000 2600 12 433
Highland Mesoamerican Late Preclassic NY42 2600 1600 27 3114
Central Mexico Classic NU92 2150 1350 11 894
Central Mexico Postclassic NU93 1300 479 50 2333
           
           

Middle East

          
Random:          
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia MH64 4900 4334 12 2148
Iranian Bronze Age MA50 5000 3500 7 2198
           
Mesopotamian Sequence:          
Aceramic Neolithic M084 10500 7500 25 1516
Akkadian (also random) MH66 4334 4112 48 1740
Ceramic Neolithic M087 8000 6100 32 960
Epipaleolithic M080 40000 10500 55 1791
Halafian (also random) M086 7700 7000 24 2121
Jemdet Nasr MH62 5100 4900 17 586
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia MH60 6000 5100 31 3326
Ubaid MH55 8000 6000 35 1551
           
           

North America

          
Random:          
Cascade NR50 8000 5000 6 1191
Eastern Arctic Small Tool N050 4000 2700 27 745
Initial Shield Woodland NC54 3000 600 10 915
Late Paleo-Indian N037 11000 6000 64 1190
Late Southern California NS50 3000 150 20 2298
Late Tundra NA45 8000 6000 20 1224
Norton NA50 3000 1000 25 1665
Paleo-Arctic ND60 11000 6000 8 425
Proto-Athapaskans ND50 4000 150 32 1171
           
Mississippian Sequence:          
Eastern Early Archaic NM45 10000 8000 11 1210
Eastern Middle Archaic (also random) NN50 8000 6000 28 819
Eastern Late Archaic NN55 6000 3000 24 669
Eastern Early Woodland NN66 3000 2100 39 1269
Eastern Late Woodland NN67 1300 500 11 1784
Adena NP50 2600 1900 11 1394
Eastern Middle Woodland NN64 2100 1300 33 1116
Hopewell (also random) NP55 2100 1700 67 1266
Eastern Late Woodland NN67 1300 500 11 1784
Mississippian NP60 1100 500 67 1266
           
Southwest Sequence: (incomplete)          
Early Desert Archaic NT50 10000 8000 31 1667
Middle-Late Desert Archaic NT55 8000 150 55 1982
Basketmaker NT93 3000 1300 13 786
Hohokam NT76 2000 500 157 4575
Mogollon MT85 2000 600 41 2605
           
           

Oceania

          
Hawaiian OV50 800 200 6 1291
New Guinea Neolithic OJ50 10000 100 9 488
Tongan OU80 2000 200 7 525
           

South America

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

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