The Tainos
Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5796880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jalil Sued-Badillo |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 332-332 |
| Publication date | 1994-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus, Irving Rouse, 1993 |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2166363 |
| OpenAlex | W2007502510 |
| Language | EN |
A noted archaeologist and anthropologist tells the story of the Tainos of the northern Caribbean islands, from their ancestry on the South American continent to their rapid decline after contact with the Spanish explorers
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