The indigenous peoples of Trinidad and Tobago from the first settlers until today / Arie Boomert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boomert, Arie, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Trinidad and Tobago.

Indigenous peoples.

Trinidad and Tobago--History.

Trinidad and Tobago.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 197 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2016]

Summary:

From the first settlers until today, This study relates the vicissitudes of the Amerindian peoples who lived or still inhabit the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, from the earliest occupants, ca. 8000 BC, until at present. Using archaeological, ethnohistorical and linguistic data, it discusses the social, political, economic, and religious development of indigenous society through the ages. The Amerindian struggle with European colonization is chronicled in detail, following centuries of independent existence during pre-Columbian times, as well as the survival of the current people of indigenous ancestry in the twin-island republic. Book jacket.

Contents:

The first settlers (ca. 8000-300 BC)

New immigrants : the first ceramists (ca. 300 BC-AD 650/800)

Late-prehistoric cultural change (ca. AD 650/800-1498)

Amerindian culture and society in Trinidad and Tobago at the time of the encounter and thereafter

The Amerindian-European struggle for Trinidad and Tobago (1498-1592)

The Spanish-Amerindian frontier in Trinidad (1592-1686)

European settlement and Amerindian response in Tobago (1592-ca. 1810)

Mission villages in Spanish Trinidad (1686-1797)

British colonization and Amerindian persistence in Trinidad (1797-present)

Epilogue : the Amerindian heritage of Trinidad and Tobago

Appendix : institutions and museums with significant archaeological holdings from Trinidad and Tobago.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9789088903533

9088903530

OCLC:

930759845

Publisher Number:

99967526484