Book
The Tainos: the rise and decline of the people who greeted Columbus
Yale University Press • New Haven • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Rouse, Irving.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book presents an account of the origin, archaeology, and history of the Tainos -- the principal ethnic group that Columbus encountered on his voyages through the West Indies in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The study provides answers to such questions as who were the Tainos, how did they evolve and dominate in the West Indies, why did they decline and disappear under European rule, and what innovations did they contribute to the rest of the world (p. xi).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History and culture change
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Recreational structures
- Visual arts
- External relations
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Caribbean
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1400 BP-500 BP (600 A.D.-1500 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Taino Indians, West Indies
- NotesAdditional notes
- Irving Rouse
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-201)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91030512
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Caribbean Area--Antiquities