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... period they also developed several varie- ties of pottery . Hohokam culture expanded during the next period , the Colonial , to influence all of what is now the southern half of Arizona . Villages of pit houses , little changed from ...
... period they also developed several varie- ties of pottery . Hohokam culture expanded during the next period , the Colonial , to influence all of what is now the southern half of Arizona . Villages of pit houses , little changed from ...
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... period of wet- ter climatic conditions , followed the Kageran Pluvial Stage and is separated from it by a period of drier climate , the Kageran - Kama- sian Interpluvial . The Kamasian Stage has been equated with the Mindel Glacial ...
... period of wet- ter climatic conditions , followed the Kageran Pluvial Stage and is separated from it by a period of drier climate , the Kageran - Kama- sian Interpluvial . The Kamasian Stage has been equated with the Mindel Glacial ...
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... Period began about 190,000,000 years ago and lasted about 54,000,000 years . ) The Kimmeridge Clay was named for exposures studied near Kim- meridge Bay , on the Dorset coast , in England , where about 250 metres ( 800 feet ) of dark ...
... Period began about 190,000,000 years ago and lasted about 54,000,000 years . ) The Kimmeridge Clay was named for exposures studied near Kim- meridge Bay , on the Dorset coast , in England , where about 250 metres ( 800 feet ) of dark ...
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