Palaeo-IndianPaleo-Indiann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpalɪəʊˈɪndɪən/,

/ˌpeɪlɪəʊˈɪndɪən/, U.S.

/ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈɪndiən/,

/ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈɪndjən/

Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and Indian n. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, Indian n.

Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + Indian n. Compare earlier Palaeo-Eskimo n. and adj.The word occurs earlier in the following isolated attestation, denoting an ancient language of South Asia:1880 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 9 29 In language a great Turano-African class must be constituted, including of dead languages..Paleo-Indian, Egyptian.

A. n.

A member of any of various prehistoric peoples thought to have been the first to inhabit the Americas, esp. North America. Also: the era in which these peoples flourished, approx. 10,000–8,000 b.c.

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific North American culture

woodland1917

Anasazi1936

Mogollon1936

Palaeo-Indian1940

old ones1963

Hohokam-

1940 F. H. H. Roberts in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 100 51 (heading) Developments in the problem of the North American Paleo-Indian.

1972 Science 16 June 1211/2 Although the literature on North American PaleoIndians is quite extensive, most of this information has been derived from the analysis of kill sites.

1990 New Scientist 3 Feb. 35/2 The Clovis people may have been the first Americans or ‘Palaeoindians’. They lived in North America towards the end of the latest ice age—between 11 000 and 12 000 years ago.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Palaeo-Indians, their culture, or the era in which they lived.

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Palaeo-Indian1940

1940 F. H. H. Roberts in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 100 77 The morphological significance of the skeletons is considered..in conjunction with the other human remains attributed to the Paleo-Indian inhabitants.

1959 J. J. Honigmann World of Man xliii. 791 The Paleoindian period yields none of the elaborate portable and mural art characteristic of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe.

1988 Nature 10 Mar. 107/3 The international opinion-formers in Palaeoindian studies are mostly English-speaking and based in North America, where convincing early sites have not been found.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palaeo-indian
释义	Palaeo-IndianPaleo-Indiann.adj. Brit. /ˌpalɪəʊˈɪndɪən/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˈɪndɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈɪndiən/, /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈɪndjən/ Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and Indian n. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, Indian n. Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + Indian n. Compare earlier Palaeo-Eskimo n. and adj.The word occurs earlier in the following isolated attestation, denoting an ancient language of South Asia:1880 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 9 29 In language a great Turano-African class must be constituted, including of dead languages..Paleo-Indian, Egyptian. A. n. A member of any of various prehistoric peoples thought to have been the first to inhabit the Americas, esp. North America. Also: the era in which these peoples flourished, approx. 10,000–8,000 b.c. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [noun] > Palaeo-Indian Palaeo-Indian1940 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific North American culture woodland1917 Anasazi1936 Mogollon1936 Palaeo-Indian1940 old ones1963 Hohokam- 1940 F. H. H. Roberts in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 100 51 (heading) Developments in the problem of the North American Paleo-Indian. 1972 Science 16 June 1211/2 Although the literature on North American PaleoIndians is quite extensive, most of this information has been derived from the analysis of kill sites. 1990 New Scientist 3 Feb. 35/2 The Clovis people may have been the first Americans or ‘Palaeoindians’. They lived in North America towards the end of the latest ice age—between 11 000 and 12 000 years ago. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Palaeo-Indians, their culture, or the era in which they lived. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > [adjective] > Palaeo-Indian Palaeo-Indian1940 1940 F. H. H. Roberts in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 100 77 The morphological significance of the skeletons is considered..in conjunction with the other human remains attributed to the Paleo-Indian inhabitants. 1959 J. J. Honigmann World of Man xliii. 791 The Paleoindian period yields none of the elaborate portable and mural art characteristic of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe. 1988 Nature 10 Mar. 107/3 The international opinion-formers in Palaeoindian studies are mostly English-speaking and based in North America, where convincing early sites have not been found. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1940
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