lomas

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The term "lomas" can refer to different things. In Peru, lomas are a type of vegetation found in the barren desert of the coast. These are a mix of grasses and other herbaceous species that thrive where coastal fog is heavy.1

It's important to distinguish this from the "Loma" people, who inhabit border regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, and their language, also called Loma. Additionally, "Lomas" is a geographical name for a city in eastern Argentina. The Llanos, a different term, refers to wide grasslands in northern South America.234

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pre-Columbian civilizations
The Late Preceramic
…camped in winter on the lomas, patches of vegetation outside the valleys that were watered at that season by fogs. In summer, when the lomas dried up, they built camps along the shore. The lomas provided wild seeds, tubers, and large snails; deer, camelids (probably guanaco), owls, and foxes were…
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…camped in winter on the lomas, patches of vegetation outside the valleys that were watered at that season by fogs. In summer, when the lomas dried up, they built camps along the shore. The lomas provided wild seeds, tubers, and large snails; deer, camelids (probably guanaco), owls, and foxes were…
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