Passaïc Culture
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| Geographical range | Great Kirav (Mid-Oceanic) |
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| Period | Boreal Mesolithic |
| Dates | c. 6800-6500 BC |
| Type site | Passa River Bend |
The Passaïc Culture, named for its type site near the Passa River Bend, is an archæological culture of Great Kirav that flourished along the middle latitudes of the Eastern Seaboard between 6800 and 6500 BC. It represents one of the (perhaps precocious) flowerings of Mesolithic horticulture on the continent, characterised by the low-intensisty cross-cultivation of buckwheat and honeybees.
During high modernity, ethnic romanticists writing in Kiravic claimed that the people of the Passaïc Culture were the direct cultural and genetic ancestors of the Kir people, though there is no clear scientific evidence of this. On the contrary, circumstantial evidence suggests that at least some communities participating in the Passaïc Culture spoke languages belonging to the Kuomo-Passaïc stock, with living relatives such as Kalvertan Coscivian, whereas Kiravic belongs to Kironic family of Trans-Kiravian stock.
