Aridoamerica
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Aridoamerica is a cultural and geographic region of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States characterized by arid climates and the presence of primarily nomadic and semi-nomadic indigenous cultures.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
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geographic region → |
| borderedBy |
Mesoamerica
→
Oasisamerica → |
| climateType |
high evapotranspiration
→
low and irregular rainfall → |
| culturalContrastWith |
Mesoamerica
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| culturalTrait |
mobile settlement patterns
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rock art traditions → use of pit houses in some areas → |
| economicActivity |
foraging
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gathering wild plants → hunting → small-scale agriculture → |
| etymology |
from Spanish árido (arid) and América (America)
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| extendsInto |
Baja California Peninsula
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Chihuahuan Desert → Mexican Plateau → Rio Grande basin → Sonoran Desert → lower Colorado River basin → |
| hasCharacteristic |
arid climate
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desert environment → semiarid climate → steppe environment → |
| inhabitedBy |
Athabaskan language speakers
→
Chichimeca peoples → Puebloan peoples → Uto-Aztecan language speakers → |
| knownFor |
hunting and gathering subsistence
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limited agriculture → primarily nomadic indigenous cultures → semi-nomadic indigenous cultures → use of drought-resistant crops → |
| locatedIn |
North America
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northern Mexico → southwestern United States → |
| nameLanguage |
Spanish
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| partOf |
Greater Southwest
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|
| prehistoricPeriod |
Archaic period
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Formative period → |
| timeSpan |
continued into early colonial period
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pre-Columbian era → |
| typicalCrop |
agave
→
amaranth → beans → chile peppers → maize → squash → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Cochimí people
→
Paipai language ("Yuman cultural area") → Paipai people ("Yuman cultural area") → |
culturalRegion |
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Mesoamerica
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borders |