Pre-1500 Research Guide: Tainos or Arawaks
*Illustration: Chancay Weaving, Pre-Columbian/Peru 1200-1400 A.D.
Caribbean American Centrelink
"The aim of Caribbean American Centrelink is to act as the central link for all available online resources by and about Caribbean aboriginals, their societies, cultures, histories, and their contemporary descendants"
http://www.centrelink.org
Pre-Columbian Hispaniola - Arawak/Taino Indians
This is an overview of the Arawak/Taino Indians covering Lifestyle, Housing and Dress, Food and Agriculture, Transportation, Defense, Religion and Myth, genocidal end of the civilization, and Specific Indian leaders at the time of Columbus. Take time to explore the rest of the site.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/100.html
Taíno Indians Culture
This is part of a larger site about Puerto Rico. This particular page gives some introductions about Taino culture.
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/reference/taino.shtml
Ta ino revival : critical perspectives on Puerto Rican identity and cultural politics.
Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2001.
Call number: F1983 .A1 T35
Taíno : pre-Columbian art and culture from the Caribbean.
New York : Monacelli Press, 1998.
Call number: F1619.2 .T3 T37
Rouse, Irving.
The Tainos : rise & decline of the people who greeted Columbus.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1992.
Call number: F 1619.2 .T3 R68
Britannica Online
This the online version of the famous Encyclopedia Britannica. The encyclopedia touches on virtually every possible subject. Search results are divided in 4 columns: Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, The Web's Best Sites, and Additional Resources.
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CUNY+
This is LaGuardia Library's Online Public Access Catalog. It is also used throughout CUNY. CUNY+ contains records mostly for books but also includes records for videocassettes, CDs, DVDs, government documents, journal and magazines titles, and more.
http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=laguardia
EBSCO -- Academic Search Complete
This is a Full-text general information database. Perfect for starting your research when you're not sure where to start. Don't forget to use the word AND to connect your words when searching.
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EBSCO -- History Reference Center (Database)
The History Reference Center is a full-text database access to history reference books and encyclopedias, as well as magazines. Also, includes historical documents, biographies, photos, maps, and videos.
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JSTOR
JSTOR provides access to selected scholarly journals in a number of disciplines from african and classical studies to sociology and music.
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