The Spaniards arrived in 1492. After initially friendly relationships, the Taínos resisted the conquest, led by the female Chief Anacaona of Xaragua and her ex-husband Chief Caonabo of Maguana, as well as Chiefs Guacanagaríx, Guamá, Hatuey, and Enriquillo. The latter's successes gained his people an autonomous enclave for a time on the island. Nevertheless, within a few years after 1492 the population of Taínos had declined drastically, due tosmallpox, measles and other diseases that arrived with the Europeans, and from other causes discussed below. The first recorded smallpox outbreak in the Americas occurred on Hispaniola in 1507.The last record of pure Taínos in the country was from 1864. Still, Taíno biological heritage survived to an important extent, due to intermixing. Census records from 1514 reveal that 40% of Spanish men in the colony had Taíno wives,and some present-day Dominicans have Taíno ancestry."By 1535, say the leading scholars on this grim topic for all practical purposes, the native population was extinct." Remnants of the Taino culture include their cave paintings,as well as pottery designs which are still used in the small artisan village of Higüerito, Moca.
The Spanish took over Jamaica. The tainos were taken over by the Spanish became slaves.
650 - 900 AD
650 - 900 AD
Yamaye is the name which the Tainos gave to Jamaica
some names for Jamaica are official name-Jamaica Xaymaca-name given by tainos Jamrock- slang name
The Tainos settled the entire Island; which was made up of chiefdoms. The largest of which was located in Kingston
The Arawak Indians were the first to arrive on Jamaica
they settled in Jamaica , Cuba , Puerto Rico, Hispaniola ,the Bahamas , Trinidad
the tainos lived in the greater Antilles in hammocks.
Because in Jamaica they will be able to have easy access to the river and sea where they depend on marine life such as fish, snappers and also domestic use such as bathing, cooking and drinking.
jamaica house
Jamaica house
No, Tainos and Arawaks were two distinct indigenous groups in the Caribbean. The Tainos lived in the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), while the Arawaks inhabited regions of South America and parts of the Lesser Antilles. Both groups shared some cultural similarities but had different languages and traditions.