Ancient
Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.
Pre-Columbian and ancient are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Pre-Columbian" with "Ancient", this terms are similar.
Nearby Word: anciently
Pre-Columbian
Pre-Columbian adjective - Of or relating to or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus.
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Ancient and pre-Columbian are semantically related. You can use "Ancient" instead an adjective phrase "Pre-Columbian".
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Not only do dinosaurs inhabit Earth at the same time as the human race, but some of the reference books cited in The Serpent and The Dragon describe, variously, events that occurred in the Cambrian period, ancient Greece, and pre-Columbian America.
Source: Literature / Atlan -
Some ancient pre-Columbian archeological sites have this effect on certain dates: "the Chichen-Itza's equinox shadow serpent" and the "Anasazi Calendar on the equinoxes and solstices" are some examples.
Source: Sundial Waypoint
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