Title The Tainos : rise & decline of the people who greeted Columbus / Irving Rouse

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [1992] ©1992

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Ch. I. Introduction. The Natural Setting; The Tainos; Neighboring Ethnic Groups; Conclusions -- Ch. II. The Ancestries of the Tainos. Cultural Ancestry; Linguistic Ancestry; Biological Ancestry; Conclusions -- Ch. III. The Peopling of the West Indies. The Casimiroid Peoples, 4000-400 B.C.; The Ortoiroid Peoples, 2000-400 B.C.; The Ortoiroid-Casimiroid Frontier, 1000-400 B.C.; Conclusions -- Ch. IV. The First Repeopling. The Saladoid Peoples, 2000 B.C.-600 A.D.; The Saladoid-Casimiroid Frontier, 200 B.C.-600 A.D.; The Western Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1500; Conclusions -- Ch. V. The Emergence of the Tainos. The Central Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1500; The Eastern Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1640; Beyond the Eastern Frontier, 600-1640; Conclusions -- Ch. VI. The Second Repeopling. The Voyages of Columbus, 1492-1504; Conquest, 1494-1797; Survival and Revival, 1524 On; Conclusions -- Epilogue: The Tainos' Role in the Columbian Exchange; Biological Traits; Cultural Traits; Linguistic Traits; Conclusions Summary Reconstructs the development of the Tainos before Columbus and how they declined after his arrival Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index Notes Print version record Subject Columbus, Christopher. SUBJECT Columbus, Christopher fast Colomb, Christophe, (1450? - 1506) ram Subject Taino Indians. Indians of the West Indies -- Antiquities. Antiquities Discoveries in geography -- Spanish Indians of the West Indies -- Antiquities Taino Indians Tainos. Ontdekkingsreizen. Cultuurcontact. Taïno (Indiens) Indiens -- Antilles -- Antiquités. Art taïno. Taïno (peuple) -- origines -- 1524. Taïno (peuple) -- Amérique -- conquête -- 1492 -- 1524. Occident -- Taïno (peuple) -- transmission culturelle. SUBJECT West Indies -- Antiquities America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004256 Subject America West Indies Amérique -- Découverte et exploration espagnoles. Antilles -- Antiquités. Taino. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300161830 0300161832

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