Tainos Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus

Name: Tainos Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus
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ISBN: 9780300056969

ISBN-10: 0300056966

ISBN-13: 9780300056969

Edition: N/A

Authors: Irving Rouse

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Tells the story of the Taino people from their ancestral days in South America through their migration to the northern Caribbean islands where they were the first natives to interact with Columbus, to their rapid and immediate decline under the European gifts of forced labor, malnutrition, disease, and dispersal. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 7/28/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Introduction


The Natural Setting


The Tainos


Neighboring Ethnic Groups


Conclusions



The Ancestries of the Tainos


Cultural Ancestry


Linguistic Ancestry


Biological Ancestry


Conclusions



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



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



The Emergence of the Tainos


The Central Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1500


The Eastern Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1640


Beyond the Eastern Frontier, 600-1640


Conclusions



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


Glossary


References


Index