Definition: The San Dieguito-Pinto Culture is the name given to a collection of early Archaic occupation sites located in the American Southwest and southern California. The San Dieguito folks were hunter-gatherers, and their sites are dated between 6,500 and 200 B.C. They were likely ancestral to the Anasazi.
This article is a part of the About.com Guide to Archaic Period, and part of the Dictionary of Archaeology.
Also Known As: Gypsum Complex
