In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus 's voyage in 1492.

Pre-Columbian civilizations, the aboriginal American Indian cultures that evolved in Mesoamerica (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th century. Learn more about pre-Columbian civilizations in this article.

Pre-Columbian civilizations independently established, during this long era, characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, civic and monumental architecture, and complex societal hierarchies.

前哥伦布时期（英：Pre-Columbian）又称 印第安时期，是指 美洲 在明显受到来自 欧洲 文化影响前的历史时期。 就字面上来理解，这段时期似乎指 意大利 航海家 哥伦布 于 1492 年时第一次来到美洲大陆前的历史，但实际上，前哥伦布时期 通常还涵盖到当地印第安文化在哥伦布登陆美洲大陆之后数十年，或几世纪后的历史，直到这些 印第安 文化显著受到欧洲文化的影响及侵略。 前哥伦布时期 这个词常常在讨论 新大陆 的 印第安 文明时提到，例如 中美洲 诸文明── 阿兹特克帝 …

2021年5月6日 · Pre-Colonial North America (also known as Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric, and Precontact) is the period between the migration of the Paleo-Indians to the region between 40,000-14,000 years ago and contact between indigenous tribes and European colonists in the 16th century CE which eradicated the Native American culture, replacing it with what ...

The word pre-Columbian refers to the era before Christopher Columbus, but sometimes it can include the history of American indigenous cultures as they continued to develop after the Christopher Columbus' first landing in 1492, until they were conquered or influenced by Europeans, even if this happened decades or even centuries after the arrival ...

What does “pre-Columbian” mean? The original inhabitants of the Americas traveled across what is now known as the Bering Strait, a passage that connected the westernmost point of North America with the easternmost point of Asia. The Western hemisphere was disconnected from Asia at the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 B.C.E.

2024年2月16日 · Pre-Columbian civilizations refer to the indigenous cultures that thrived in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. These civilizations were characterized by their sophisticated societies, innovative agricultural practices, unique architectural styles, advanced astronomical knowledge, and complex religious beliefs.

2024年2月9日 · Pre-Columbian civilizations settled in Central America and South America. These communities significantly developed sociocultural, economic, and religious systems and declined after clashing with a different worldview imposed by foreign explorers from the Iberian Peninsula.

2024年12月3日 · Pre-Columbian civilizations - Knowledge, Beliefs, Art: On the intellectual, ideological, and religious levels, although some diversity and certain elaborations occurred in some regions, there was a fundamental unity to the Meso-American area, the product of centuries of political and economic ties.