Columbian
(adjective)
Of or pertaining to , the discoverer of America, or his life or time.
Examples of Columbian in the following topics:
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Enduring Cultures
- The phrase "pre-Columbian era" literally refers only to the time preceding Christopher Columbus's voyages of 1492 [].
- Many pre-Columbian civilizations established hallmarks which included permanent settlements, cities, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, major earthworks, and complex societal hierarchies.
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas continue to evolve after the pre-Columbian era.
- Direct archaeological evidence for such pre-Columbian contacts and transport has been lacking, however.
- 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.
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The Mixteca-Puebla Tradition
- The Mixteca-Puelba tradition of artistry originates from the pre-Columbian Mixtec peoples from the region of Puebla, Mesoamerica.
- In pre-Columbian times, the region was inhabited by people of many ethnicities, including the Mixteca.
- The temples of a Pre-Columbian Maya walled city are situated on 12-meter tall cliffs in Tulum in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico; a mural can still be seen on the eastern wall that resembles the Mixteca-Puebla style of art.
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The White City, Chicago, and the World Columbian Exposition
- The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was an international fair whose grandeur symbolized emerging American exceptionalism.
- The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the "Chicago World's Fair," was held in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.
- The World's Columbian Exposition was the first world's fair with an area for amusements that was strictly separated from the exhibition halls.
- Evaluate the significance of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
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The Caral Civilization
- The Caral civilization (also known as the Norte Chico civilization and as Caral-Supe) was a complex pre-Columbian society, located in what is now the Norte Chico region of north-central coastal Peru, near Supe, Barranca province, Peru (200 km north of Lima).
- In archaeological nomenclature, Norte Chico civilizations are pre-ceramic cultures of the pre-Columbian Late Archaic; they completely lacked ceramics and apparently had almost no art.
- Archaeological evidence suggests use of textile technology and, possibly, the worship of common god symbols, both of which recur in pre-Columbian Andean cultures.
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Innovation and Limitation
- The pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America brought innovation in agriculture, mathematics, architecture, and other subjects.
- The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America and their descendants.
- This created the Pre-Columbian savannas of North America.
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Disease in the New World
- The transfer of disease between the Old World and New World was part of the phenomenon known as the Columbian Exchange.
- Estimates of the pre-Columbian population have ranged from 8.4 million to 112.5 million persons, while estimates of indigenous deaths generally range from 2 to 15 million.
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The Inca People
- The Inca Empire was the largest of the pre-Columbian mesoamerican empires.
- The Inca Empire, or Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
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Machu Picchu
- Often referred to as the "City of the Incas," Machu Picchu is one of the most significant pre-Columbian Inca sites in Peru.
- Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located in the Cuzco Region of Peru, South America .
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The Aztec People
- The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.
- The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.
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Sculpture of the Aztecs
- Obsidian mirrors in pre-Columbian times were fashioned from stone and served a number of uses, from decorative to spiritual.