Americas, Pre-Columbian Era: In The History Of The Americas, The Pre-Columbian Era, Also Known As The

Americas, Pre-Columbian Era: In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, 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. .. The vastness of the North American continent, and the variety of its climates, ecology, vegetation, fauna, and landforms, led ancient peoples to coalesce into many distinct linguistic and cultural groups. The Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures lasted from roughly 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. Wikipedia