Where the Amazon River Meets the Orinoco River. Archaeology of the Guianas

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ID3754190
AuthorsStéphen Rostain (0000-0003-0985-6406, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume4
Issue1
Pages10
Publication date2012-06-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmazônica - Revista de Antropologia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1984-6215 • E-ISSN: 2176-0675
PublisherUniversidade Federal do Para (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.18542/amazonica.v4i1.880
OpenAlexW1570811706
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited5

Archaeological and interdisciplinary investigations conducted in the Guianas during these last 35 years offer a new picture of the pre-Columbian Guianas. Although archaeology still is relatively incipient in the Guianas, it is possible to draw up a panorama of the prehistory of this huge region. During the last millennium before the European Conquest, Guianas coast was divided into two main territories dominated by two different cultural entities. Cayenne Island in French Guiana was the key-area marking the boundary between two cultural traditions. Western coast up to the Guyana was dominated by cultures linked to the Arauquinoid Tradition originated in the Middle Orinoco. Eastern coast was occupied by cultures belonging to the Polychrome Tradition of the Lower Amazon. These two cultural entities grew up from ca. AD 600 up to their destruction by the European Conquest. Keywords: Archaeology, Guianas, arauquinoid tradition, polychrome tradition

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