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Definition of Precontact
1. Adjective. Describing a period before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Precontact
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precontact
Literary usage of Precontact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The South Sea Islanders and the Queensland Labour Trade: A Record of Voyages by William T. Wawn (1893)
"The significance of this for the writing of Pacific history will be discussed
later- precontact The first period, which is not a historical period at all, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... of light from vibrating mirrors, (c) precontact conduction currents: LE DODD.
Effect of drawing on the density and specific resistance of tungsten: WM. ..."
3. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"Windigo Although not central to the host of Ojibwa manitos and possibly not of
precontact origin, the Windigo played an influential role in traditional ..."
4. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"Re: the average height of precontact Senecas. [4021(11)] 4731. WRIGHT, ASHER(?).
Conjugation of the verbs "take" and "receive" in Seneca; nd AD 58 pp. ..."
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