The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology


Jauarí Phase

Jauarí Phase [CP].
South American cultures of the Intermediate Stage found in the Lower and Middle Amazon areas of Amazonia and tentatively dated to c.1200–700 BC. Characterized by their ceramic assemblages which belong to the Zone Hachured Horizon Style of the Amazon basin. Pottery from Jauarí itself comes from a midden surrounding a pile-built house and is dated to about 1000 BC.

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