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    Pre-Columbian era

    Historical era of the Americas before significant European contact

    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. This era encompasses the history of Indigenous cultures prior to significant European influence, which in some cases did not occur until decades or even centuries after Columbus's arrival. During the pre-Columbian era, many civilizations developed permanent settlements, cities, agricultural practices, civic and monumental architecture, major earthworks, and complex societal hierarchies. Some of these civilizations had declined by the time of the establishment of the first permanent European colonies, around the late 16th to early 17th centuries, and are known primarily through archaeological research of the Americas and oral histories. Wikipedia

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    The Pre-Columbian Society at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is a group of amateurs and professionals engaged in the study and understanding of the indigenous peoples of the Americas during the pre-Columbian era and today. Common anthropological and archeological interests center on the pre-Columbian ...
    • Next Meeting

      The next scheduled meeting will be held on Saturday February 8, 2025 at 1:30 pm. The speaker will be Dr. Sarah Newman, University of Chicago. Her subject will be announced later.

    • Future Meetings

      2024-2025 Schedule. February 8, 2025 Dr. Sarah Newman, University of Chicago. Her subject will be announced later. March 8, 2025 Speaker and topic to be announced.

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      Meetings of The Pre-Columbian Society and the Glyph Group are available without cost, although we encourage membership to support the ongoing needs of the Society. However, if you do not wish to join and find any of our offerings valuable, we encourage you to donate whatever you wish. Donations are not tax-deductible.

    • The John F. Harris Glyph Group

      The Glyph Group will meet next on Saturday December 14, 2024 at 10:30 am. We are looking at the "Almanac of the 19 Gods," pages 4 to 10 in the Dresden Codex.

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      However, all meetings of The Pre-Columbian Society at the Penn Museum, both talks and Glyph Group meetings, will be online via Zoom for the foreseeable future. Our publication, The Codex , debuted in November 1990 as a small newsletter, and has evolved over the years into a publication of significance in the world of Mesoamerican and pre ...

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      All meetings of The Pre-Columbian Society at the Penn Museum, both talks and Glyph Group meetings, will continue to be offered online via Zoom. Membership in The Pre-Columbian Society at the Penn Museum supports the activities of the Society, including honoraria for speakers, publication of The Codex, Zoom account and other relevant expenses ...

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    In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, ... Eduard Seler, and Alfred Maudslay, and institutions such as the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Harvard University, led to the reconsideration and criticism of the early European sources. Now, the scholarly study of pre-Columbian ...
  5. legendsofamerica.com

    North American archaeology divides the history of pre-Columbian North America into several periods, from the earliest-known human habitation through the early exploration of the New World by Europeans.. While the phrase "pre-Columbian" literally refers to the time preceding Christopher Columbus's voyages of 1492, in practice, the phrase is also used to denote the entire history of ...
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    Category: Pre-Columbian archaeology. 6 languages. ... Sub-categories and articles relating to the archaeology of the Americas, focused on the pre-Columbian era. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. P. Pre-Columbian archaeological sites (4 C, 58 P) T.
  7. galisteo.nmarchaeology.org

    Pre-Columbian. The Galisteo Basin reflects the pace and trajectories of more than 16,000 years of Native American history in North America. Initially, the Basin probably played little more than an occasionally resting point or kill or harvest site in seasonal rounds that encompassed huge portions of the Southwest.
  8. Oct 2, 2023Lisa Trever, Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology, Columbia University Pre-Columbian Art History in the Age of the Wall. April 12, 2018 Sarahh Scher, Visiting Lecturer, Salem State University Images in a World without Words: Questioning the Canon in Moche Studies. February 15, 2018
  9. The Museo Larco was established in 1926 by Rafael Larco Hoyle, a pioneer of Peruvian archaeology, and it houses around 45,000 pieces of Pre-Columbian art and other archaeological objects. The Museo Larco was the first museum in Latin America to electronically catalogue its entire collection, and since 2007, the entire collection has been ...
  10. The Pre-Columbian Studies program at Dumbarton Oaks was founded in 1963 to support the study of the art and archaeology of the ancient Americas. This research encompasses cultures that thrived in the western hemisphere from northern Mexico to southern South America, from the earliest times to the sixteenth century.
  11. Dumbarton Oaks publishes monographs focused on a specific theme or body of material that merits in-depth treatment. These highlight current research drawing on archaeological, art historical, and ethno-historical approaches to the Pre-Columbian past in Mesoamerica, Central America and the Andes. Thirty-seven titles have been published to date.
  12. britannica.com

    Dec 3, 2024Pre-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. ... Reader in New World Archaeology ...
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