preconquest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of preconquest
Example Sentences
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The preconquest population per group must have reached at least 300 and very likely was much greater.
From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
Through the generally hilly interior of Alameda and Contra Costa counties there are but two areas of sizable extent in which preconquest village sites occur with relative frequency.
From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
Other documents, some of them of considerable general interest, are almost unknown, not only to students of ethnography, but also to many others concerned with preconquest and early colonial California.
From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
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