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Archaic Oregon Coast

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Relative Time Period: Follows the (minimally represented) Late Paleoindian tradition, precedes the Formative Oregon Coast tradition.

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Minor, R. (2001). Archaic Oregon Coast. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0523-5_2

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