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He has since experimented with dishes from the Philippines’ pre-Spanish days, like rice-based desserts, or kakanin in Tagalog.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2023

What the archeologists don't know about pre-Spanish America dims about 20 centuries of history.

From Time Magazine Archive

In pre-Spanish times the Xolos were important to Mexican Indians in many different ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, the fair courts of pre-Spanish Mexico corresponded very closely to those of the Beaucaire fair.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

As a matter of generalization it can be stated that the environment as remembered by the oldest informant or even his parents can scarcely reach into pre-Spanish times.

From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.