Aridoamerica

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cultural region geographic region

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Yuman cultural area 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
borderedBy Mesoamerica ⓘ
Oasisamerica ⓘ
climateType high evapotranspiration ⓘ
low and irregular rainfall ⓘ
culturalContrastWith Mesoamerica ⓘ
culturalTrait mobile settlement patterns ⓘ
rock art traditions ⓘ
use of pit houses in some areas ⓘ
economicActivity foraging ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
etymology from Spanish árido (arid) and América (America) ⓘ
extendsInto Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California Peninsula

Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
Mexican Plateau ⓘ
Rio Grande ⓘ
surface form: Rio Grande basin

Sonoran Desert ⓘ
Lower Colorado River region ⓘ
surface form: lower Colorado River basin
hasCharacteristic arid climate ⓘ
desert environment ⓘ
semiarid climate ⓘ
steppe environment ⓘ
inhabitedBy Athabaskan language speakers ⓘ
Chichimeca peoples ⓘ
Pueblo peoples ⓘ
surface form: Puebloan peoples

Uto-Aztecan language speakers ⓘ
knownFor hunting and gathering subsistence ⓘ
limited agriculture ⓘ
primarily nomadic indigenous cultures ⓘ
semi-nomadic indigenous cultures ⓘ
use of drought-resistant crops ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form: northern Mexico

southwestern United States ⓘ
nameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Greater Southwest ⓘ
prehistoricPeriod Archaic period ⓘ
Formative period ⓘ
timeSpan continued into early colonial period ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
typicalCrop agave ⓘ
amaranth ⓘ
beans ⓘ
chile peppers ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesoamerica → borders → Aridoamerica ⓘ
Cochimí people → culturalRegion → Aridoamerica ⓘ
Paipai language → culturalRegion → Aridoamerica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuman cultural area
Paipai people → culturalRegion → Aridoamerica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuman cultural area