| No written records of Native Americans exist | | | | and art. Native American art is thought to be the |
| before the 1500s, when the European seamen | | | | link between natives and Europeans, the only way |
| discovered the American continent. The period | | | | to communicate ideas between the two cultures. |
| before 1500s is considered by scholars as | | | | When the Europeans came, slight changes in |
| prehistoric. During that time and after, Native | | | | Native American art resulted, due to the new |
| Americans had created their own states, history | | | | way of life that native people had to take. |