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adj
Pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: lithic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any person belonging to the first indigenous peoples who settled in the Americas or lived there before circa 8,500 BCE.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Paleo-American, Paleo-Amerind
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
History
From paleo- + Indian.
