So the implications of finding tuberculosis in pre-Columbian society indicates that there was a large thriving community at the time.

The island was the site of an advanced pre-Columbian society, the Marajoara culture.

The status of women in pre-Columbian Maya society can be inferred only from their burials.

Among the Maya and most pre-Columbian societies, he said, the earth was seen as an animate and sacred entity.

Marajoara culture, a pre-Columbian society on Marajó island at the mouth of the Amazon river.

The greasy, dark and bitter drink was an acquired taste in pre-Columbian societies.

These pre-Columbian societies with advanced mathematical systems, epic poetry, music and dance also developed abstract designs that have survived across the centuries into modern crafts.

This object corresponds to the concept of the creative duality, which is very important for pre-Columbian societies.

The widely held belief that it was "a gift from the gods" gave it appeal in pre-Columbian societies as a symbol of economic well-being.

They say the site is a promising place to investigate the origins of the most complex pre-Columbian society in America.