Pre-Colonial North America (also known as Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric, and Precontact) is the period between the migration of the Paleo-Indians to the region between 40,000-14,000 years ago and contact between indigenous tribes and European colonists in the 16th century CE which eradicated the Native American culture, replacing it with what became Canada and the United States of America.
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Timeline
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c. 14000 BCEPaleoindian-Clovis Culture in North America.
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c. 8500 BCE - c. 7900 BCEDalton-Folsom Culture in North America.
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c. 8000 BCE - c. 1000 BCEArchaic Period in North America.
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c. 500 BCE - c. 1100 CEWoodland Period in North America.
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1100 CE - 1540 CEMississippian Culture in North America.
