Pre-Columbian

Examples of Pre-Columbian in the following topics:

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.
  • Evaluate the diverse cultures and inventions of pre-Columbus civilizations in the Americas.

• 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 .

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.
  • Before the arrival of Columbus in Hispaniola, the indigenous Taíno pre-contact population of several hundred thousand declined to 60,000 by 1509.
  • In Peru, the indigenous pre-contact population of approximately 6.5 million declined to 1 million by the early 17th century.

• The Spanish Conquest and Its Effects on Incan Art

  • It is estimated that parts of the empire, notably the Central Andes, suffered a population decline amounting to a staggering 93% of the pre-Columbian population by 1591.
  • Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador who was responsible for destroying much of the city of Cusco in 1535, built a new European-style city over pre-colonial foundations.
  • Most of the paintings were completed anonymously, a result of Pre-Columbian traditions that viewed art as a communal undertaking.

• Ceramics in Early South America

  • The shift from post-fire resin painting to pre-fire slip painting marked the end of Paracas-style pottery and the beginning of Nazca-style pottery.
  • The Nazca, like all other Pre-Columbian societies in South America including the Inca, had no writing system, in contrast to the contemporary Maya of Mesoamerica.
  • Tiwanaku is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America.