Oasisamerica
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
oasis + America. Coined by anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1954.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Oasisamerica
- A broad cultural area of pre-Columbian southwestern North America, between Utah and Chihuahua, and bordering the Gulf of California, on the Mexican mainland.
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References[edit]
- ^ Paul Kirchhoff, “Gatherers and farmers in the Greater Southwest: a problem in classification”, in American Anthropologist, 56 (1954) (Special Southwest Issue), pp. 529-550.