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1 day ago · Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories are speculative theories which propose that visits to the Americas, interactions with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, or both, were made by people from elsewhere prior to Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Caribbean in 1492. [1]
Feb 9, 2024 · Pre-Columbian cultures developed great sociocultural, linguistic, and religious systems. Local archaeology has identified significant developments in architectonic, mathematic, astronomic, artistic, and agricultural knowledge, with social systems of labor differentiation.
Aug 25, 2024 · Despite the colonizers’ penchant for destroying Indigenous artifacts, scholars have been able to identify nearly a dozen pre-Columbian writing systems from Mesoamerica and South America, largely comprised of glyphs.
4 days ago · Geological findings on the timing of the ice-free corridor also challenge the notion that Clovis and pre-Clovis human occupation of the Americas was a result of migration through that route following the Last Glacial Maximum.
2 days ago · 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.
5 days ago · Known worldwide for its rich and well-preserved pre-Columbian and Spanish architecture, the city of Cusco (Peru) is listed as a World Heritage Site since 1983. However, less well known is the seismic hazard, which represents a major threat to the city’s 400,000 inhabitants and its cultural outreach. Despite the moderate magnitudes recorded in the area, macroseismic data inferred from ...
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Aug 14, 2024 · Pre-Columbian civilizations - Andean, Mesoamerican, South American: The Early Horizon was succeeded by what has been termed the Early Intermediate Period. The onset of the Early Intermediate marked the decline of Chavín’s cultural influence and the attainment of artistic and technological peaks in a number of centres, both on the coast and ...
