id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_dym64lfayfhxnphm7gasilfara David V. Burley JAMAICAN TAÍNO SETTLEMENT CONFIGURATION AT THE TIME OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 2017 16 .pdf application/pdf 8570 771 58 Stranded in Jamaica for a year in AD 1503, Christopher Columbus and crew became reliant on the Taíno village of Maima Recent archaeological survey and excavations at this site document a sizeable hillside settlement established early in the White Marl period of Jamaican culture history with continued occupation up to Spanish contact. these features has exposed at least one circular, center-pole Taíno house with a surprisingly limited floor space. of Jamaican archaeology suggests both hillside terracing and small house form is characteristic of Jamaican Taíno village small number of Spanish chronicles in which Taíno villages and houses are described. The historical record for Maima and the initial Taíno engagement with the Spanish is limited to a small number of references in the Jamaican Taíno Village of Maima, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. The Allsworth-Jones account of archaeological excavation projects includes 28 sites identified as White Marl–Montego Bay period. ./cache/work_dym64lfayfhxnphm7gasilfara.pdf ./txt/work_dym64lfayfhxnphm7gasilfara.txt