How to Use pre-Hispanic in a Sentence

pre-Hispanic

adjective
  • Day of the Dead can be traced back 3,000 years during the pre-Hispanic era in Mexico.
    — Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Visitors can also walk down one of the area’s pre-Hispanic roads and see the front of the Llaqta de Kuélap.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The celebration goes back to pre-Hispanic times when it was believed the dead come back to visit the living.
    — Paola Briseño-Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The parties gave us a platform to explore questions of identity and our pre-Hispanic roots, always in the interest of having a good time.
    — Suleman Anaya, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • There are even cases of discoveries by residents, such as Hipólito Tica, who found three pre-Hispanic mummies in a hole in the patio of his house.
    — Franklin BriceÑo, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • The codex consists of 12 books that detail religion, cultural practices, and the first few decades detailing the fall of pre-Hispanic Mexico.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • In the background, a giant bull with colorful pre-Hispanic decorations shined under the sun, where a group of young artisans were busy with the final touches.
    — Fernanda Pesce and Alexis Triboulard, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The pre-Hispanic rite involved filling clay jars with precious cocoa seeds – the stuff from which chocolate is made – and then ceremonially breaking the jars.
    — Fabiola Sánchez, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Dozens of boreholes were drilled into the ground at the site, once a pre-Hispanic city-state, revealing layers of artifacts from various societies.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Several cylindrical columns were found scattered throughout the pre-Hispanic ancient settlement, thought to be part of entrances to upper rooms of the buildings.
    — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 22 June 2023
  • Most food scholars would agree that at the heart of much of Mexican food tradition is nixtamalization, a labor-intensive, pre-Hispanic process.
    — Serena Maria Daniels, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Andean country hosts an array of archaeological finds from pre-Hispanic times.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN, 11 July 2024
  • The celebration has its origins in Indigenous cultures dating back thousands of years and is derived from the rituals of pre-Hispanic people in Mexico.
    — Paola Briseño-Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The discovery is the latest in string of century-old discoveries of mummies and pre-Hispanic remains made in Lima, including the discovery in June on a hilltop of a mummy found surrounded by cocoa leaves.
    — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Drawing on a legacy that spans pre-Hispanic artistry and Spanish influence, Senosiain has been able to experiment boldly with forms inspired by craft, painting, and engraving, among other elements.
    — Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Centro Cultural de los Altos: Occupying an old convent, the city's main museum traces regional history from the pre-Hispanic era to the evangelization of the indigenous people.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023
  • Swiss authorities also seized and repatriated four pieces of pre-Hispanic ceramics, the statement continued.
    — Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The molcajete, the iconic Mexican version of the mortar and pestle, has enjoyed quite the illustrious trajectory, beginning in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican cultures and ultimately ending up on jeb2016.com.
    — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Interestingly, the woman’s skull exhibited signs of modification, a common practice throughout pre-Hispanic Latin America.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • An extraordinary pre-Hispanic road network is facing development pressure and environmental degradation, but local and international advocacy could achieve socially sustainable management.
    — Neda Ulaby, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025

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