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Rouse, Irving

The Tainos Rise & Decline of The People Who Greeted Columbus

Yale University Press, 1992

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Year of publication
1992
ISBN
0300051816
Place of printing
New Haven
Author
Rouse, Irving
Publishers
Yale University Press
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Keyword
Taino Indians, Indians of the West Indies, Antiquities, West Indies, Christopher Columbus
Binding description
J H Very Good Hardcover
State of preservation
Very Good
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover

Description

xii, 211 pp. "When Columbus arrived in the Americas. the first people he encountered were the Tainos, inhabitants of the islands of the northern Caribbean Sea. In this book a noted archaeologist and anthropologist tells the story of the Tainos from their ancestral days on the South American continent to their rapid decline after contact with the Spanish explorers." - dust jacket. Attempts to answer "Who were the Tainos? Whence came their ancestors? How did they evolve and become dominant in the West Indies? Why did they decline and disappear under European Rule? What innovations did they contribute to the rest of the world?" - Preface. Includes: Glossary, Index, and Reference List. Includes forty black and white illustrations. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An attractive copy of this fascinating study. Book