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The indigenous people of Trinidad and Tobago have occupied Trinidad and Tobago since at least the Archaic Period.
Earliest settlers
[edit]Evidence of human activity in Trinidad predates its separation from the South American mainland. A spearhead discovered in Biche, in central Trinidad, was attributed to the Joboid series, a Lithic age culture known from adjacent areas of the mainland, and was estimated to date to about 8000 BCE.[1][2]: 16
Agricultural and trading societies
[edit]At European contact
[edit]In the period after European contact, Trinidad was inhabited by a number of indigenous groups. Six indigenous groups are reported to have inhabited Trinidad in the end of the sixteenth century—Carinepagoto, Yaio, Nepoio (all Cariban-speaking), Lokono, and Shebaio (both Arawakan-speaking) and the Chaguanes, a Warao subtribe.[2]: 9–10
In the 1630s Tobago was inhabited by the Kalina.[2]: 115–119
Period of early European settlement
[edit]Nineteenth century through independence
[edit]Resistance and revitalisation
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Boomert, Arie (2009). "Between the Mainland and the Islands: The Amerindian Cultural Geography of Trinidad". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 50 (1): 63–73. doi:10.3374/014.050.0105. ISSN 0079-032X.
- ^ a b c Boomert, Arie (2016-01-15). The indigenous peoples of Trinidad and Tobago : from the first settlers until today. Leiden. ISBN 9789088903540. OCLC 944910446.
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