• April 2001 St. John Times Article by Gail V. Karlsson

• Ancient Beadmakers of the Caribbean", By David R. Watters

• Archeology in Belize and Cuba http://www.rom.on.ca/digs/belize/index.html

Taíno Ceremonial Vomit Spatula (from Altun Ha, Belize)

• Books on Caribbean Indigenous People at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC

• CARIBBEAN AMERINDIAN CENTRELINK: http://www.centrelink.org/

• Caribbean Archaeology: University of Florida The website of the Caribbean Archaeology Program at the Florida Museum of Natural History has four main components: Field Research, Collections, the Bullen Bibliography of Caribbean Archaeology and Public Education.

• "Caribbean-Indian Spring: Clues to early Tainos?", by Marion Lloyd, Associated Press: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)

• Center for Historical Archaeology Created in 1990 as a scientific non-profit organization, the Center for Historical Archaeology provides archival research in French, English, and Spanish archives, underwater wreck sites assessment and dating, and cultural material analysis.

• "Creating the Guanahatabey (Ciboney): the modern genesis of an extinct culture" by William F. Keegan in: "Antiquity" "It is common knowledge that the West Indies were inhabited by three cultures at the time of European contact--the Island Caribs, the Tainos and the Ciboney--identified largely from the accounts of Spanish and French explorers and chroniclers. Is this knowledge accurate?"

• Guyanese Amerindian Petroglyphs (Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology): A sample of displays of various petroglyphs found in Guyana.

• Grand Turk Island http://www.timespub.tc/Astrolabe/Archive/Fall2000/bones.htm

• The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology (I.A.C.A.)The I.A.C.A. is a group of professional and amateur archaeologists and interested individuals from the Caribbean and overseas who work, or have an interest, in the archaeology of the Caribbean region including the mainland.

• Jamaica - Mt River Cave Art Site

• Jamaican Archaeological Dig

• Jay Kislak Foundation (West Indian Collection) located in Miami, Florida: http://www.jayikislakfoundation.org/collections_west_indies.html

Opiel’Guaobirán (The Dog Spirit of Coaibei)

Lesser Antilles, Antigua, A.D. 500-1500
Carved strombus shell, Ht. 7.5 cm (3")

• Journal of Caribbean Archaeology The newly created e-Journal of Caribbean Archaeology addresses archaeological research in the Caribbean region. This is the only academic venue devoted specifically to Caribbean archaeology.

• Peabody Museum - http://www.peabody.yale.edu/collections/ant/

• Photograph of an Amerindian Petroglyph in St. Vincent

• Pre-Columbian: "The rich and dynamic Amerindian history of the island is beginning to be reconstructed as a result of recent work by the Anguilla Archaeological and Historical Society and archaeologists from numerous institutions such as the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the University of Maine at Farmington, and the University of Pittsburgh."

• Pre-Columbian Pottery in the Antilles: The Athena Review presents a brief overview of Saladoid, Barrancoid, and Ostionoid pottery traditions and periods.

• "Rumor of Cannibals" by Dave D. Davis in "Archaeology"

• Sites Represented in the Caribbean Collection at the University of Florida, Gainesville: Lesser Antilles collections.

• Standpipe-L Bibliography of Caribbean Historical Archaeology begun by Jack Eastman

• Subject: The Amerindians from Suriname

• The Cultural Sequence on the Guyanese Coast, An Archaeological Reconstruction (Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology): from 11050 BC to 1210 AD.

• Taíno Exhibit in New York: http://www.archaeology.org/0101/abstracts/museum.html

• The Taíno of Jamaica http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/0103_taino.htm

• The Taíno Legacy (1997) http://www.elmuseo.org/taino/legacy.html

Taíno Stone Cemí

• The Taíno Revival: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Identity and Cultural Politics http://www.markuswiener.com/reviews/trtoc.htm

• Taíno: Voices From the Past – Information compiled during the PBS / BBC Nature Series presentation "SPIRITS OF THE JAGUAR: Hunters of the Caribbean Sea", including online and print resources at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/spirits/html/onlinebodyresc.html. To purchase the "SPIRITS OF THE JAGUAR: Hunters of the Caribbean Sea" video, please contact WNET Video Distribution by calling (800) 336-1917, or by writing to WNET Video Distribution, P.O. Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407.

• Taíno Cemi Basket, c. 1492-1520 "A talented Cemi artist (probably a woman) made this basket to represent a Cemi god. Note the incorporation of European mirrors into a traditional belief."

• Turks & Caicos http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/anthro/caribarch/TCIarchaeology.htm

• Turks & Caicos National Museum — Lukayo (Taíno) http://www.tcmuseum.org/lucayans/

• White Marl Taíno Midden and Museum — Kingston, Jamaica http://www.jnht.com/st_cather/whtemarl.html

• Zabai Tabai Port Maria Taíno Museum (Jamaica)

• "Zemís, trees, and symbolic landscapes: three Taíno carvings from Jamaica" by: Nicholas J. Saunders & Dorrick Gray Three carved wooden images in Jamaica, the most important find of Taíno carvings for two centuries from that island.

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*The UCTP would also like to say bo’matum (thank you) to Mr. Max Forte of the Caribbean Amerindian Center Link for his assistance in compiling some of the information on this page.