Oasisamerica

English
Oasisamerica

Etymology

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

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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