pre-columbian in English

adjective
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of or relating to the history and cultures of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
In many of the pre-Columbian and North American cultures (from Hopi to Inca) gemstones were admired for their physical properties as well.

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1. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people cultivated the vine of the vAnilla orchid, called

2. Direct archaeological evidence for such pre-Columbian contacts and transport have not emerged.

3. The 1960 discovery proved the pre-Columbian Norse exploration of mainland North America.

4. The potato has been an essential crop in the Andes since the pre-Columbian Era.

5. The worship of the Inca gods of pre-Columbian America involved the ritual killing of thousands.

6. The department contains a number of Pre-Columbian ruins, including Takalik Abaj and San Juan Noj.

7. The Inca road system was the most extensive and advanced transportation system in pre-Columbian South America.

8. The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries

9. The pre-Columbian indigenous empire, centered in the northern Andean Altiplanos and headquartered at Cuzco, was the_____civilization

10. Chocolate was an important luxury good throughout pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and cocoa beans were often used as currency.

11. The pre-Columbian MesoAmericans used the latex of this plant to make a ball used in a ceremonial game.

12. Mel Gibson's latest film, Apocalypto, tells a story set in pre-Columbian Central America, with the Mayan Empire in decline

13. The Mesoamerican Ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BCE by the pre-Columbian people of Ancient Mesoamerica.

14. Copal is tree resin identified with the aromatic resins used by the cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica as ceremonially burned incense and other purposes

15. Amaranths were a fundamental crop of pre-Columbian times and currently are an attractive alternative for crop production in dry and semi-dry …

16. Other articles where Aztec religion is discussed: pre-Columbian civilizations: Aztec religion: Perhaps the most highly elaborated aspect of Aztec culture was the religious system

17. Radiocarbon dating suggested that the chickens were Pre-Columbian, and DNA analysis showed that they were related to prehistoric populations of chickens in Polynesia.

18. (Laughter) Actually, the idea came out of an argument that I had at Starbucks, that I insisted that I wasn't having Colombian coffee; the coffee was actually pre-Columbian.

19. After a series of analyses carried out over three months, C2RMF engineers concluded that it was "certainly not pre-Columbian, it shows traces of polishing and abrasion by modern tools."

20. A 2007 paper published in PNAS put forward DNA and archaeological evidence that domesticated chickens had been introduced into South America via Polynesia by late pre-Columbian times.

21. Other articles where Afterlife is discussed: pre-Columbian civilizations: Mythology of death and Afterlife: The beliefs of the Aztec concerning the other world and life after death showed the same syncretism

22. His doctoral research focuses on the development of late Pre-Columbian Barbacoan identity and complexity in northern Ecuador and regional transitional colonial experiences under the Inkas and Spanish via archaeology, GIS, and ethnohistory

23. Despite the tradition of assigning the homeland of yaws to sub-Saharan Africa, Crosby notes that there is no unequivocal evidence of any related disease having been present in pre-Columbian Europe, Africa, or Asia.

24. The Chiclets name is derived from the Mexican Spanish word "Chicle", derived from the Aztec Nahuatl word "chictli/tzictli", meaning "sticky stuff" and referring to a pre-Columbian chewing gum found throughout Mesoamerica

25. A diffusion by human agents has been put forward to explain the pre-Columbian presence in Oceania of several cultivated plant species native to South America, such as the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) or sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).

26. Artefacts, Atlantis and the route to the sea above from left, amphora from Yangshao in China, 4500bc, pre-Columbian amphora found in museum in Oruro, Bolivia, (both made by hand without the potter's wheel); amphora "roman period", Mediterranean, amphora from …

27. Amerinds Pre-Columbian Indians Precolumbian Indians: Broader Term(s): Ethnology: Narrower Term(s): Indians of Central America Indians of Mexico Indians of North America Indians of South America Indians of the West Indies Indians with disabilities Indians, Treatment of Names, Indian: Related Term(s): Indian policies Indian wars