precontact
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- adjective
- /priːˈkɒntækt/
- Precontact California cultures practiced birth control of various sorts.
Examples
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The artifacts found in the region provide insights into the lifestyles of precontact indigenous cultures.
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In the old mythology, precontact tribal societies were seen as largely isolated, unchanging, coherent, and unbroken in their cultural tradition.
Academic text (1995) -
Although receiving news of the Christian God with apparent respect and wonder, they used their precontact mentality to understand him.
Academic text (2001) -
In this article, I explore some of the implications of these developments for the study of precontact and historic Aboriginal land use.
Academic text (2006) -
Having family spokespeople is not a new concept to our people; it is how our ancestors governed themselves in precontact times.
Academic text (2004) -
Busama exported canoes to a limited extent, but it is not clear that they did so in precontact times.
Academic text (1994) -
In the literature on precontact social relations, widows are often described as unempowered and obliged to remarry.
Academic text (1992) -
There is nothing known, even in a journalistic double-sourcing sense, about how the syllabary emerged: from a single nineteenth-century mind or a precontact concert of minds.
Academic text (2001) -
Historians study precontact societies to understand how indigenous peoples lived before European arrival.
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Many traditions of precontact communities continue to influence modern practices in indigenous cultures.
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Precontact breaks into pre- meaning 'before' and contact meaning 'a meeting' or 'touch', like when people 'make contact'. So precontact as an adjective describes things from the time before two groups or cultures first met.