Oasisamerica

English

Etymology

From oasis +‎ America. Coined by anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1954.[1]

Proper noun

Oasisamerica

  1. A broad cultural area of pre-Columbian southwestern North America, between Utah and Chihuahua, and bordering the Gulf of California, on the Mexican mainland.
    Coordinate terms: Aridoamerica, Mesoamerica

References

  1. ^ Paul Kirchhoff, “Gatherers and farmers in the Greater Southwest: a problem in classification”, in American Anthropologist, 56 (1954) (Special Southwest Issue), pp. 529-550.

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