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		Indiana University Underwater Science Program ^Votes:0 Dominican Republic Research Indiana University's Underwater Science program is involved in on-going investigations in the Dominican Republic. The research includes not only underwater archaeology, but also land-based archaeology and water quality analysis. Through the combined efforts of numerous Dominican Republic organizations, university departments, professors, students, and other individuals, the Underwater Science program hopes to bring to light some exciting new discoveries regarding the impact of Columbus's arrival in the New World. . Background Information Research Reports Artifact Analysis Taino Sites in the East National Park Columbus Shipwreck Project Shipwreck Parks of Bayahibe Media Coverage Photo Gallery Digital Video Footage Back to Underwater Science Program URL: http://ww Read More Go to Site


		1492 -- The Caribbean ^Votes:0 1492 -- The Caribbean The Caribbean Island Societies The largest group of people living in the islands of the Caribbean were the Tainos. Their villages were governed by chieftains, or "caciques," who enjoyed some distinctions of rank but received tribute in times of crisis only. Related families lived together in large houses built of poles, mats, and thatch. The Tainos were known for their fine wood carving and hammocks woven from cotton. Not a particularly warlike people, they played ceremonial ball games, possibly as a substitute for warfare and as an outlet for competition between villages and chiefdoms. The other major group living in the Caribbean were the more mobile and aggressive Caribs, who took to the sea in huge dugout canoes. By the late 15th century, the Caribs had expanded i Read More Go to Site

		Christopher Columbus ^Votes:0 Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Sorry, this page has been withdrawn. Thanks for stopping by. If you are interested in the twentieth-century poetry in English, please try my page . This is a related material for interlinear readings of Hart Crane's The Bridge by Eiichi Hishikawa. Last updated: 30 June 1999 Back to The Brige reading page Back to The Brige Index page Read More Go to Site

		History of Jose Maria Cave and the Taino Indians ^Votes:0 The Taino Indians and the Jose Maria Cave Taino Indians Dominican Republic, 1500 AD This tile mural shows Taino Indians harvesting marine foods on the beach of "Quisquega", their name for Hispanola. Tribute Sinkhole The Taino Indians of the island of Hispaniola in the West Indies, now Dominican Republic and Haiti, are believed to be the first tribe of the New World to have encountered the famous explorer Christopher Columbus. In a rock art cave called Jose Maria within the East National Park are many painted images. Among them is one panel that may depict a conquest event. Also visible are images that seem to bear on the mythology. Depicted among these pictographs is the mythology and history of the Taino people. They worshipped the bat and the owl, which were belived to carry spirits away Read More Go to Site

		José Barreiro, A Note on Tainos: Whither Progress? ^Votes:0 A Note on Tainos: Whither Progress? By José Barreiro, from Northeast Indian Quarterly, pp. 66-77 Fall, 1990 Author's note: An appreciation is due John Mohawk, who contributed to an early version of this article. References in the body of the text refer to the Select Bibliography which follows this article. All ilIustrations except the photograph on page 76 are taken from Onelio Jorge Cardoso, Los Indocubanos. Havana: Gente Nueva, 1982. Christopher Columbus, whose name literally means "Christ-bearing colonizer," wrote in his diary shortly after the landfall that he and his sailors saw "naked men" (there were also women), whom they found "very healthy-looking." Landing at Guanahani, in the Bahamas, and sailing on to Cuba and Bohio (Haiti/Santo Domingo), renamed Española, Columbus s Read More Go to Site

		Race and History.com \| TAINO \| ^Votes:0 Trinicenter Home PanTrinbago.com RaceandHistory.com HowComYouCom.com Kim Johnson The Tainos : Rise & Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus History of the people of Trinidad and Tobago Capitalism and Slavery From Columbus to Castro A Brief History of the Caribbean Taino The story of the 'Caribs and Arawaks' Part 1 By Kim Johnson T he story of the Arawaks, the Caribs and the Spaniards is a well known tale told to every Caribbean child. We all, from the least educated to the most widely read, accept it almost instinctively that there were, before the Europeans landed on these our islands, a peaceful and gentle tribe of Amerindians called the Arawaks who had inhabited the entire Caribbean archipelago. So generous and guileless were these people that they embraced the Spaniards and provide Read More Go to Site

		taino ^Votes:0 A Vibrant Landscape \| Mysterious Immigrants \| Natural Treasures \| Maya: Children of the Corn \| Taino: Voices From the Past \| Aztecs: Fierce Wanderers \| Resources Taino Article This map shows three important Taino landmarks. La Aleta, East National Park, Dominican Republic . Site of the 1997 discovery of an ancient Taino city next to a ceremonial cenote, or natural well. Divers have found a treasure trove of artifacts, including a ceremonial throne, preserved in the silt at the bottom of the 200-foot-deep well. Historical documents suggest the city may have been destroyed by Spanish traders in 1515. Puerto Rico . Historians believe the island nation was once ruled by about 20 Taino "caciques," or states, and sheltered dozens of Taino cities. One unearthed by archaeologists boasted Read More Go to Site

		Taino Indian Culture ^Votes:0 About this Site Feedback Topic Index Home TaÍno Indians, a subgroup of the Arawakan Indians (a group of American Indians in northeastern South America), inhabited the Greater Antilles (comprising Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola [Haiti and the Dominican Republic], and Puerto Rico) in the Caribbean Sea at the time when Christopher Columbus' arrived to the New World. The TaÍno culture impressed both the Spanish (who observed it) and modern sociologists. The Arawakan achievements included construction of ceremonial ball parks whose boundaries were marked by upright stone dolmens, development of a universal language, and creation of a complicated religious cosmology. There was a hierarchy of deities who inhabited the sky; Yocahu was the supreme Creator. Another god, JurakÁn , was perpetually angry an Read More Go to Site

		Taino World ^Votes:0 &nbsp Ancient \| Legacy \| Contemporánea \| Publications Taíno World \| Caciques \| Cohoba \| Spirituality \| Ball Game \| Daily Life \| Zemi T aíno culture was the most highly developed in the Caribbean when Columbus reached Hispaniola in 1492. Islands throughout the Greater Antilles were dotted with Taíno communities nestled in valleys and along the rivers and coastlines, some of which were inhabited by thousands of people. The first New World society that Columbus encountered was one of tremendous creativity and energy. The Taíno had an extraordinary repertoire of expressive forms in sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, weaving, dance, music, and poetry. Their inventiveness and dynamism were also reflected in their social hierarchies and political organization. &nbsp Our knowle Read More Go to Site

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