Intermediate Area
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The Intermediate Area is an
Gordon R. Willey in his 1971 book An Introduction to American Archaeology, Vol. 2: South America (Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ). It comprises the geographical region between Mesoamerica to the north and the Central Andes to the south, including portions of Honduras and Nicaragua and most of the territory of the republics of Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia
. As an archaeological concept, the Intermediate Area has always been somewhat poorly defined.
Because it was not home to ancient
Pre-Columbian civilization in the New World. However, recent archaeological research has demonstrated that this part of the Americas had some of the earliest agriculture, pottery, and metallurgy in the hemisphere.[1]
Given new findings, it is likely to have played a critical role in the transmission of culture both to and between neighboring regions to the north and south. Recently, concepts such as that of the Isthmo-Colombian Area have been offered as an alternative to the Intermediate Area with the intention of creating a neutral term.
References
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- Cooke, Richard (2001). "Gran Coclé". In OCLC 84088734.
- Corrales Ulloa, Francisco (2001). "Chiriqui". In OCLC 84088734.
- Hoopes, John W. (2001a). "Early Chibcha". In OCLC 84088734.
- Hoopes, John W. (2001b). "Late Chibcha". In OCLC 84088734.
- Hoopes, John W.; Oscar M. Fonseca Z. (2003). "Goldwork and Chibchan Identity: Endogenous Change and Diffuse Unity in the Isthmo-Colombian Area" (PDF). In Jeffrey Quilter; John W. Hoopes (eds.). Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 9 and 10 October 1999 (online e-text reproduction ed.). Washington, DC: OCLC 54110115.
- Quilter, Jeffrey (2003). "Introduction: The Golden Bridge of the Daríen" (PDF). In Jeffrey Quilter; John W. Hoopes (eds.). Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 9 and 10 October 1999 (online e-text reproduction ed.). Washington, DC: OCLC 54110115. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2019.