TY - BOOK AU - Rouse,Irving TI - The Tainos: rise & decline of the people who greeted Columbus SN - 0300051816 (alk. paper : cloth) AV - F1619.2.T3 R68 1992 U1 - 972.9/02 20 PY - 1992/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Columbus, Christopher. KW - Colomb, Christophe, KW - Colomb, Christophe KW - Taino Indians KW - Indians of the West Indies KW - Antiquities KW - Taïno (Indiens) KW - Indiens d'Amérique KW - Antilles KW - Antiquités KW - Tainos KW - gtt KW - Ontdekkingsreizen KW - Cultuurcontact KW - ram KW - Indiens KW - Art taïno KW - West Indies KW - America KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Spanish KW - Amérique KW - Découverte et exploration espagnoles KW - Taino KW - swd N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-201) and index; Ch. I. Introduction. The Natural Setting. The Tainos. Neighboring Ethnic Groups. Conclusions -- Ch. II. The Ancestries of the Tainos. Cultural Ancestry. Linguistic Ancestry. Biological Ancestry. Conclusions -- Ch. III. The Peopling of the West Indies. The Casimiroid Peoples, 4000-400 B.C. The Ortoiroid Peoples, 2000-400 B.C. The Ortoiroid-Casimiroid Frontier, 1000-400 B.C. Conclusions -- Ch. IV. The First Repeopling. The Saladoid Peoples, 2000 B.C.-600 A.D. The Saladoid-Casimiroid Frontier, 200 B.C.-600 A.D. The Western Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1500. Conclusions -- Ch. V. The Emergence of the Tainos. The Central Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1500. The Eastern Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1640. Beyond the Eastern Frontier, 600-1640. Conclusions -- Ch. VI. The Second Repeopling. The Voyages of Columbus, 1492-1504. Conquest, 1494-1797. Survival and Revival, 1524 On. Conclusions -- Epilogue: The Tainos' Role in the Columbian Exchange. Biological Traits. Cultural Traits. Linguistic Traits. Conclusions N2 - Reconstructs the development of the Tainos before Columbus and how they declined after his arrival UR - http://www.archive.org/details/tainosrisedeclin00rous UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1550773M ER -