The term "pre-Columbian" is currently questioned as a description of cultures in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus because:
A. recent historical discoveries indicate that Columbus was never in the "new world."
B. some of the cultures referred to by this term continued after Columbus's arrival.
C. the cultures did not think of themselves as coming "before" anything.
D. the actual time of the arrival of Columbus is disputed.
E. other descendants of the cultures prefer to be identified by the names of other conquerors.
C
The term acknowledges that the arrival of Europeans changed everything, and that the
civilizations of the Americas were interrupted as decisively as if a meteor had hit them.
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