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Around 650 AD,
Around 950 AD, the people of the Meillacan culture settled on both the coast and the interior of Jamaica, either absorbing the Redware culture or co-inhabiting the island with them.[1]
The Taíno culture developed on Jamaica around 1200 AD.
Taíno society was divided into two classes: naborias (commoners) and mitaínos (nobles). These were governed by chiefs known as caciques (who were male), who were advised by priests/healers known as bohiques. Caciques enjoyed the privilege of wearing golden pendants called guanín and sitting on wooden stools to be above the guests they received.[3] Bohiques were extolled for their healing powers and ability to speak with gods.
The Taíno had a
Most Taíno lived in large circular buildings (bohios), constructed with wooden poles, woven straw, and
The Taíno played a ceremonial ball game called
Taino spoke an
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References
- ^ a b c d e Atkinson 2006.
- ^ a b Rogoziński 1999.
- ^ "Caciques, nobles and their regalia". Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean. El Museo del Barrio. Archived from the original on 2006-10-09. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
- ^ a b Rouse 1992, p. 15.
- ^ a b Alegría 1949, p. 348.
Bibliography
- Anglería, Pedro Mártir de (1949). Décadas del Nuevo Mundo (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Bajel.
- Atkinson, Lesley-Gail (2006). The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 9-7664-0149-7.
- Rogoziński, Jan (1999). A Brief History of the Caribbean (Revised ed.). New York, N.Y.: Facts On File. ISBN 0-8160-3811-2– via Internet Archive.
- Rouse, Irving (1992). The Tainos : rise & decline of the people who greeted Columbus. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-3000-5696-6– via Internet Archive..