Pre-Columbian era

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cultural period historical period

The Pre-Columbian era refers to the period in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and subsequent European contact, characterized by diverse and complex Indigenous civilizations and cultures.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Pre-Columbian era canonical	6
pre-Columbian era	5
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica	3
Pre-Columbian art	3
pre-Columbian Americas	2
Pre-Columbian North America	1
Pre-Columbian Studies	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural period ⓘ historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	pre-Columbian period ⓘ precontact era ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
characterizedBy	Indigenous civilizations ⓘ agricultural development ⓘ astronomical knowledge ⓘ complex societies ⓘ distinct religious systems ⓘ diverse cultures ⓘ long-distance trade networks ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ urban centers ⓘ
continent	Americas ⓘ
definedBy	period before sustained European contact in the Americas ⓘ period before voyages of Christopher Columbus ⓘ
endApproximateYear	1492 ⓘ
endEvent	voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ history of the Americas ⓘ
hasCulturalLegacy	Indigenous agricultural practices ⓘ Indigenous art traditions ⓘ Indigenous religious practices ⓘ
hasSubperiod	Chavín culture ⓘ surface form: Andean Formative period Andean Late Horizon ⓘ Archaic period in the Americas ⓘ Classic period in Mesoamerica ⓘ Formative period in Mesoamerica ⓘ Paleo-Indian period ⓘ Postclassic period in Mesoamerica ⓘ
includesCivilization	Hopewell tradition ⓘ surface form: Adena culture Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ Taíno ⓘ surface form: Arawak peoples Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Aztec civilization Carib languages ⓘ surface form: Carib peoples Chavín culture ⓘ surface form: Chavin culture Chimu culture ⓘ Guarani peoples ⓘ Hohokam culture ⓘ Hopewell tradition ⓘ Inca Empire ⓘ Mapuche people ⓘ Maya civilization ⓘ Mississippian culture ⓘ Mixtec civilization ⓘ Moche culture ⓘ Mogollon culture ⓘ Nazca culture ⓘ Olmec civilization ⓘ Taíno ⓘ surface form: Taino people Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ Tiwanaku culture ⓘ Toltec civilization ⓘ Wari Empire ⓘ Zapotec civilization ⓘ
languageContext	primarily English-language historiography ⓘ
relatedConcept	Columbian Exchange ⓘ European colonization of the Americas ⓘ Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
startProperty	first human settlement of the Americas ⓘ
usedInContext	academic discourse ⓘ heritage preservation ⓘ museum curation ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wampanoag people → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Massachusett people → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Cobá → culture → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

former Lake Chalco → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

Dumbarton Oaks → hasResearchProgram → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian Studies

Henry Moore → influencedBy → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian art

Mayami → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-Columbian era

Diego Rivera → influencedBy → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian art

Kaw people → historicalEra → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian North America

Kunza → historicalPeriodOfUse → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-Columbian era

Oasisamerica → partOf → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-Columbian Americas

Mixteca Alta → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-Columbian era

Colossal Heads → region → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

South Coast of Peru → historicalPeriodImportantFor → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Kaan → historicalEra → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Amuzgo people → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-Columbian era

Chacmool sculptures → artHistoricalCategory → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian art

Atacameño people → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Wampanoag Nation → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

Intermediate Area → partOf → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-Columbian Americas

Opata → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: pre-Columbian era