Hispaniola: Caribbean Chiefdoms in the Age of Columbus

by Samuel M. Wilson

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In 1492 the island of Hispaniola was inhabited by the Taino, an Indian group whose ancestors had moved into the Caribbean archipelago from lowland South America more than 1,500 years before. They were organized politically into large cacicazgos, or chiefdoms, comprising 70 or more villages under the authority of a paramount cacique, or chief. From the first voyage on, Columbus made Hispaniola his primary base for operations in the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0817304622

ISBN13:9780817304621

Release Date:October 1990

Publisher:University Alabama Press

Length:184 Pages

Weight:0.64 lbs.

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