Original: Pre-Columbian is used especially often in the context of the great indigenous civilizations of the Americas , such as those of Mesoamerica ( the Olmec , the Toltec , the Teotihuacano , the Zapotec , the Mixtec , the Aztec , and the Maya ) and the Andes ( Inca , Moche , Chibcha , Cañaris ) .
Simplified: Pre-Columbian can also mean cultures of any one of the great native civilizations of the Americas , such as those of Mesoamerica ( the Aztec and Maya ) and of the Andes ( Inca , Moche and Chibcha ) .