Carib‚ Island Carib‚ or Kalinago people‚ after whom the Caribbean Sea was named‚ are a group of people who live in the Lesser Antilles islands. They are an Amerindian people whose origins lie in the southern West Indies and the northern coast of South America. The people spoke either a Carib language or a pidgin‚ but the Caribs’ regular raids on other groups resulted in so many female Arawak captives that it was not uncommon for the women to speak Kalhíphona‚ a Maipurean language (Arawakan). In
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This essay seeks to ascertain the extent to which the earliest people of the region are still considered the ‘Caribs’ and ‘Arawaks’ rather than the ‘Neoindians’. However‚ no discourse on the significance of these names can be engaged in without mention being made of the name‚ Christopher Columbus. Columbus was a Genoese adventurer who believed that by sailing west he could find Asia or the Indies and great wealth in the form of gold. This led to at least four expeditions into the ‘New World’. For
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Climate Change Risk Assessment Report: Portland Bight Protected Area Prepared by Climate Studies Group‚ Mona (Jamaica) University of the West Indies For: Caribbean Coastal Areas Management Foundation (C-CAM) April 2013 ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT This report will form one of five deliverables of a consultancy awarded by the Caribbean Coastal Areas Management Foundation (C-CAM) to the Climate Studies Group‚ Mona (CSGM). It is an assessment of the physical and socio-economic vulnerabilities
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Similarities between carib and taino These two cultures were primitive both societies did not develop beyond the family village settlement stage Farming activities were carried out almost entirely by the women. Fishing and hunting was done by men. They both have similar custom‚ were people flatten the forehead of their babies They enjoyed singing‚ music‚ and tobacco smoking. The technology of tianoes and caribes were skill at constructing and using dugout cones for fishing and
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Content Topic…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 History................................................................................................................................. 3 Appearance ……………………………………………………………………………… 3-4 Entertainment ……………………………………………………………………………… 5 Housing …………………………………………………………………………………… 5-6 Survival (farming and hunting)…………………………………………………………… 6-8 Religion……………………………………………………………………………………
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pottery while the men hunted and fished. They used coiling techniques with rolls of dough. Utility vessels were often decorated these included cassava girdles and bottles where sweet potato and manioc alcohol was stocked. Manioc alcohol was made by Carib women by chewing cassava‚ spitting it out and letting it ferment. they drank it at feasts and it made them drunk it also excited them to prepare and fight in war. (manioc meant cassava) However‚ other ceramics were also made in different forms
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winds with a good climate. The indigenous population of the Caribbean probably didn’t exceed three quarters of a million and most of them lived on the Hispaniola Island. The main types of people comprised the Ciboney‚ the Taino Arawak and the Carib. In some case its hard to track the history of some of these people but most of them left their history in pottery and paintings which was important in determining their ways of life. For the Arawaks‚ settlements ranged from single units of many
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Caribbean Title: social networking on the social life Name: Delano Morant School: Portmore Community College Centre #: Candidate #: Teacher: Ms. Linda Henry Subject: Caribbean Studies Year: 2013-2014 Territory: Jamaica ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am thankful to all the individuals who made this internal assessment a success. I am grateful to the Savior for the strength he has provided me with to carryout this research‚ and also I appreciate the
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Columbus voyaged to the Caribbean‚ there were groups of people living there. These people were known as the indigenous people. They are separated into three groups‚ the Tainos‚ the Kalinagos and the Mayans. The Kalinagos and Tainos‚ also known as Caribs and Arawaks respectively‚ are called the Amerindians. Although they all lived in the Caribbean‚ they had different economic‚ social and religious practices. Their ways of living were different but there were some similarities‚ and they were also
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Literature Review: The Impact of Emerging Technology in Education Technology or to be more specific‚ Educational Technology increases student grades by advancing student’s learning abilities. Richey (2008) explains that Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating‚ using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources. Stratham (2012)‚ shortly after the internet explosion of the 1990s‚ technology was immediately
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