Miami University
Dr. Antonio Curet
 
 
 
 
 
  Background Readings:
Available at Miami library.
The following are suggested readings from:
Fatima Bercht, Estrellita Brodsky, John Alan Farmer and Dicey Taylor, eds.
1997 Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean, New York: The Monacelli Press.:

Alegría, Ricardo E.
An Introduction to Taíno Culture and History. Pp.18-33.

de Las Casas, Fray Bartolomé
Apologética Historia de las Indias. Pp.175-180.

Veloz Maggiolo, Marcio
The Daily Life of the Taíno People. Pp.34-45.

Wilson, Samuel M.
The Caribbean before European Conquest: A Chronology. Pp.15-17.
The Taíno Social and Political Order. Pp. 46-55.

See also:
Curet, L. Antonio
2002 The Chief is Dead, Long Live…Who? Descent and Succession in the Protohistoric Chiefdoms of the Greater Antilles. Ethnohistory 49(2):259-280.

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