1. This pre-Columbian era includes all durations in the history of the Americas before the advent of
European influences at the American continents, spanning from the authentic agreement inside the
Upper Paleolithic duration to European colonization in the course of the early present day period. While
the term technically refers back to the generation earlier than Christopher Columbus' voyage in 1492, in
practice the time period generally consists of the history of American indigenous cultures till they were
conquered or notably prompted by means of Europeans, even if this befell a long time or centuries after
Columbus's preliminary landing.[4]
Paleo-Indians
Main article: Pre-Columbian North America
The cultural regions of pre-Columbian North America, in keeping with Alfred Kroeber
By 10,000 BCE, human beings have been fairly nicely-hooked up at some point of North America.
Originally, Paleo-Indians hunted Ice Age megafauna like mammoths, but as they started out to head
extinct, human beings became instead to bison as a meals supply. As time went on, foraging for berries
and seeds have become an essential opportunity to hunting. Paleo-Indians in vital Mexico were the first
in the Americas to farm, starting to plant corn, beans, and squash round 8,000 BCE. Eventually, the
know-how began to spread northward. By 3,000 BCE, corn turned into being grown within the valleys of
Arizona and New Mexico, followed by using primitive irrigation systems and early villages of the
Hohokam.[5][6]
![This pre-Columbian era includes all durations in the history of the Americas before the advent of
European influences at the American continents, spanning from the authentic agreement inside the
Upper Paleolithic duration to European colonization in the course of the early present day period. While
the term technically refers back to the generation earlier than Christopher Columbus' voyage in 1492, in
practice the time period generally consists of the history of American indigenous cultures till they were
conquered or notably prompted by means of Europeans, even if this befell a long time or centuries after
Columbus's preliminary landing.[4]
Paleo-Indians
Main article: Pre-Columbian North America
The cultural regions of pre-Columbian North America, in keeping with Alfred Kroeber
By 10,000 BCE, human beings have been fairly nicely-hooked up at some point of North America.
Originally, Paleo-Indians hunted Ice Age megafauna like mammoths, but as they started out to head
extinct, human beings became instead to bison as a meals supply. As time went on, foraging for berries
and seeds have become an essential opportunity to hunting. Paleo-Indians in vital Mexico were the first
in the Americas to farm, starting to plant corn, beans, and squash round 8,000 BCE. Eventually, the
know-how began to spread northward. By 3,000 BCE, corn turned into being grown within the valleys of
Arizona and New Mexico, followed by using primitive irrigation systems and early villages of the
Hohokam.[5][6]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/7-221227104825-8a4736f2/85/7-docx-1-320.jpg)
