Peak of Caribbean Taino Society

Name: Peak of Caribbean Taino Society
Start: 1200
End: 1492

Type Event Region Caribbean Time 1200–1492

Around 1402 CE, the Taino formed agricultural-fishing societies organized by cacicazgos across the Greater Antilles, the most representative indigeno…

Timeline

1400–1402Hispaniola · Greater AntillesTaino society was organized with caciques (chiefs) ruling several bateys (villages), forming a five-tier cacicazgo hierarchy. Major centers such as the chiefdom of Guacanagarí on Hispaniola maintained order within the islands through tribute and intermarriage.
1402–1450Puerto Rico and eastern Cuba · Greater AntillesThe Taino supplemented their livelihood with conucos (cassava and tuber terraces) and fishing and hunting, holding areito song-and-dance and batá ball games in batey plazas, sustaining beliefs in deities such as Yúcahu and ancestral memory; their cultural influence spread across the islands of the Greater Antilles.

Sources

Taíno | Definition, Culture, & Language https://www.britannica.com/topic/Taino
The Taíno: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus — Irving Rouse (1992)