Category:Pre-Columbian cultures
The term Pre-Columbian cultures are cultures of the Americas in the era before significant European influence. While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus, in practice the term usually includes indigenous cultures as they continued to develop until they were conquered or significantly influenced by Europeans, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus first landed in 1492 CE.
The term Pre-Columbian is used especially often in discussions of the great indigenous civilizations of the New World, such as those of Mesoamerica (e.g. the Aztec and Maya) and the Andes (Inca, Moche, etc).
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- The only articles that should be listed below are the ones about individual cultures / civilizations of the pre-Columbian era, not specific sub-topics on them or others relating generally to the pre-Columbian historical era.
- Instead: use subcategories for these, or create one if there's not the one you need
— for articles on the cultural areas that may be defined
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Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
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Pages in category "Pre-Columbian cultures"
The following 148 pages are in this category, out of 148 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).
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- Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site
- Calf Creek culture
- Calico Early Man Site
- Cannibalism in pre-Columbian America
- Capayán
- Capulí culture
- Casma/Sechin culture
- Ceremonial stone landscape
- Chancay culture
- Chango people
- Chavín culture
- Chihuahua tradition
- Chimilas
- Chimú culture
- Chorrera culture
- Clovis culture
- Cody complex
- Template:Coles Creek and Plum Bayou cultures
- Comondú complex
- Cotocollao culture
- Cueva Fell
- Cultural periods of Peru
- Cunco people
- Cuyamaca complex
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- Paiján culture
- Paleo-Arctic Tradition
- Patayan
- Pauma Complex
- Pecos Classification
- Pehuenche people
- Phillips-Williams Fork Reservoir Site
- Picunche people
- Pilauco Bajo
- Plainview point
- Plano cultures
- Pocra culture
- Poya people
- Tequesta
- Pre-Columbian Ecuador
- List of pre-Columbian engineering projects in the Americas
- Template:Pre-Columbian North America
- Promaucae people
- Pumpkin Creek Site
- Purépecha Empire
- Puruhá