Caribbean Taíno Society

Name: Caribbean Taíno Society
Start: 1200
End: 1492

Type Event Region North America Time c. 1200–1492

By the late 13th century the Taíno were the dominant people of the Caribbean Greater Antilles, organizing society through agricultural villages, caci…

Timeline

c. 1285–1295Hispaniola · Greater AntillesThe Taíno were governed by caciques over several yucayeque (villages), practicing conuco slash-and-burn and cassava cultivation; Hispaniola's population may have reached several hundred thousand, making it the largest Taíno center in the Caribbean.
c. 1290–1300Puerto Rico · Puerto RicoTaíno communities on Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other islands traded shells, stone tools, and cotton goods by canoe, and held ancestral sacrifices and collective ceremonies at batey ball courts, reinforcing chiefly authority and social cohesion.

Sources

Taíno https://www.britannica.com/topic/Taino
The Taínos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus — Irving Rouse (1992)