The Taíno People of Hispaniola before 1492

Kathleen Deagan · 2023

A very general summary of what is currently understood about the prehistory of Hispaniola and the Greater Antilles is offered as a contextual background for readers unfamiliar with the archaeological and ethnohistoric scholarship focused on the late precolumbian people of the Greater Antilles.

Type:
Book Chapter
Author:
Kathleen Deagan
Published:
2023
Publisher:
University Press of Florida

A very general summary of what is currently understood about the prehistory of Hispaniola and the Greater Antilles is offered as a contextual background for readers unfamiliar with the archaeological and ethnohistoric scholarship focused on the late precolumbian people of the Greater Antilles. Spanish accounts sources that have shaped what is presumed to be understood about Taíno culture and society are also considered, along with the notion of Taíno identity.

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What is "The Taíno People of Hispaniola before 1492" about?
A very general summary of what is currently understood about the prehistory of Hispaniola and the Greater Antilles is offered as a contextual background for readers unfamiliar with the archaeological and ethnohistoric scholarship focused on the late precolumbian people of the Greater Antilles.
Who wrote "The Taíno People of Hispaniola before 1492"?
Kathleen Deagan