The Clovis (or Kaia-Vaha)

In 1933, archaeologists named the people who first came to America the "Clovis." The original term for these people was the Kaia-Vaha according to magihistorians like Utoipius Black. However, in 1935, at a large wizarding history conference in Vienna, wizardkind decided to remove the name Kaia-Vaha and side with the Muggles in their naming these people "the Clovis." This was an attempt to link Muggles’ and wizardkind’s recording of history and to minimize confusion in the future. At this time in history, Muggles and magical kind lived side by side. Many of the witches and wizards were held in high esteem. This is partly because of how helpful wizard-kind was to their Muggle brethren. Many of the wizards and witches would hunt megafauna, extremely large animals such as woolly mammoths, a feat which was significantly more difficult for Muggles since they had no magic with which to hunt these ferocious beasts. However, witches and wizards would often share their big game with Muggles, allowing them to survive in times when they could have died out. Not only did they share their game with Muggles, but they also taught them how to use every part of an animal, such as taking the tusks from a woolly mammoth and creating weapons from them.

The Olmec

This culture is vastly important because it is unlike anything we have seen yet. Prior to the Olmec, all other civilizations that lived in the Americas were group-oriented. Not one person stood out, and there was no specific chain of command in place. In the Olmec culture, we will see the first use of hierarchy. This is the system in which people order themselves according to authority. In the Olmec civilization, witches and wizards made up the first two "classes" of society: the rulers and the shamans. This was just above the Muggle priests, while artisans, laborers, and farmers were further beneath them. 

At this time, it was believed that rulers were representatives of the gods, so when a young wizard showed their power, it seemed natural that they would be one of the next rulers.

The Maya

This is a second group of Mesoamerican peoples who lived roughly around the same time as the Olmec did, though they lasted longer. While the Olmec thrived in Mexico and parts of South America, the Maya lived in Central America and southern regions of modern day Mexico. The "early" block and the "middle" block of Maya history are both considered pre-classical, which spans a period from 2,000 BCE to 300 BCE. Though there is more to Maya history than just the pre-classical portion (the full history of the entire culture stretches all the way to 250 CE), we will only be mentioning the pre-classical block today.