Tainos


 
 
 







Maps

Daily Life

MUSEUM OF THE DOMINICAN MAN, SANTO DOMINGO
Axes
Ballcourt
Burials in situ
Duhos
Figurines
Graters
Necklaces
Pendants
Pottery
Sculpted Heads
Yokes
Zemis

ARTIFACTS
Deities
Duhos
Dinnerware
    Bowls
    Dishes
    Spoons
Effigies
   Animal Effigy Vessels
    Effigy Axes
    Human Effigies
    Human Effigy Vessels
Food Processing Tools
Celts
Graters (Zemi, Anthropomorphic, and Stone)
Mortars (Anthropomorphic and Stone)
Pestles (Zemi, Anthropomorphic and Stone)
Jewelry
    Amulets (Shell and Stone)
    Ear Ornaments
    Necklaces
    Shell and Stone pendants
Seated Figures
Stamps
Stone Weights
Swallow Sticks
Wooden Rattles
Yokes
Zemis
 

ARTICLES
Ciego de Avila: Hallan uno de los mayores sitios aborígenes del Caribe
Mining Threatens Ancient Cave Art in Caribbean
Prehistoric Cultures of Cuba
A Preliminary Report on Petroglyphs in Puerto Rico
Smithsonian returns Taino Indian remains to descendants in Cuba
US Smithsonian Museum Returns Native Bones to Cuba
The Spanish Conquest
The Tainos
Historians work to set record straight on Cuba's Taino Indians
Discovery of a Pre-Columbian Gold Figurine in Cuba (American Antiquity, April 1950)
Physical Anthropological Research in Indian Remnants in Eastern Cuba (Current Anthropology, April 1971)
Prehistoric Culture of Cuba (American Anthropologist, Oct.-Dec. 1904)
Prehistoric Cultures of Cuba (American Antiquity, July 1946)
 

LINKS
Historia Taina
The Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation
The Jatibonicù Taino Tribal Band of New Jersey
Tibes Ceremonial Center, Ponce, Puerto Rico