Pre-Columbian North America

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Pre-Columbian North America refers to the diverse societies, cultures, and civilizations that existed across the North American continent before the arrival of Europeans.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
affectedBy climatic changes such as the Medieval Warm Period ⓘ
environmental diversity across the continent ⓘ
followedBy Colonial North America ⓘ
linked to: Colonial America
hasArchaeologicalEvidence Mesoamerican pyramids ⓘ
linked to: Mayan pyramid

cliff dwellings such as Mesa Verde ⓘ
mound sites such as Cahokia ⓘ
pueblos such as Chaco Canyon ⓘ
rock art sites ⓘ
hasDemography millions of inhabitants ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
interregional trade ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Algic languages ⓘ
Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Iroquoian languages ⓘ
Mayan languages ⓘ
Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Siouan languages ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
hasPart Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

California cultural area ⓘ
Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest

Southwest ⓘ
Subarctic ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
city-states ⓘ
empires ⓘ
tribal societies ⓘ
hasReligion animistic traditions ⓘ
polytheistic belief systems ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
hasTechnology irrigation systems ⓘ
mound construction ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
road systems ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
includesCulture Adena culture ⓘ
Algonquian peoples ⓘ
Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
Aztec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture

California Indigenous peoples ⓘ
Hohokam culture ⓘ
Hopewell tradition ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
Iroquoian peoples ⓘ
Maya civilization ⓘ
Mississippian culture ⓘ
Mixtec civilization ⓘ
Mogollon culture ⓘ
Northwest Coast cultures ⓘ
Olmec civilization ⓘ
Plains cultures ⓘ
linked to: Plains culture area

Pueblo peoples ⓘ
Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Thule culture ⓘ
Toltec civilization ⓘ
Zapotec civilization ⓘ
knownFor agricultural development ⓘ
complex societies ⓘ
diverse Indigenous cultures ⓘ
diverse languages ⓘ
long-distance trade networks ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
sophisticated art traditions ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
precededBy Paleoindian period in North America ⓘ
studiedBy anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
ethnohistory ⓘ
timePeriod before 1492 ⓘ
before European contact ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Kizh → historicalPeriod → Pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
East Florida coastal shell midden tradition → partOf → Eastern North American Archaic and Woodland cultural traditions ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Columbian North America
Rappahannock (Native American) → historicalEra → Pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
Kanza → historicalEra → pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Columbian North America
Mississippian period → partOf → pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Columbian North America
Hopi Pueblos → historicalEra → Pre-Columbian North America ⓘ