The word pre-Columbian refers to the era before Christopher Columbus, but sometimes it can include the history of American indigenous cultures as they continued to develop after the Christopher Columbus' first landing in 1492, until they were conquered or influenced by Europeans, even if this happened decades or even centuries after the arrival of Columbus.

This category is the overall parent category for the prehistory of the Americas, containing sub-categories and articles relating to the era defined as the pre-Columbian era (occasionally also referred to as pre-Hispanic in some contexts). This era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history of the Americas before arrival of Christopher Columbus in the American continent in …

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e. Dans l'histoire des Amériques, l' ère précolombienne s'étend de la colonisation originale de l'Amérique du Nord et du Sud au Paléolithique supérieur jusqu'à la colonisation européenne , qui a commencé avec le voyage de Christophe Colomb de 1492. Habituellement, l'ère couvre l'histoire des peuples indigènes.

Se conoce como América precolombina al continente americano antes del establecimiento del dominio político y cultural de los europeos sobre los pueblos indígenas americanos, ocurrido a partir del siglo XVI. Esta época comprende miles de años y sucesos tan relevantes como las primeras migraciones humanas desde Asia a través de Beringia y la revolución neolítica. …