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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. I. Introduction. The Natural Setting; The Tainos; Neighboring Ethnic Groups; Conclusions
  • Ch. II. The Ancestries of the Tainos. Cultural Ancestry; Linguistic Ancestry; Biological Ancestry; Conclusions
  • Ch. III. The Peopling of the West Indies. The Casimiroid Peoples, 4000-400 B.C.; The Ortoiroid Peoples, 2000-400 B.C.; The Ortoiroid-Casimiroid Frontier, 1000-400 B.C.; Conclusions
  • Ch. IV. The First Repeopling. The Saladoid Peoples, 2000 B.C.-600 A.D.; The Saladoid-Casimiroid Frontier, 200 B.C.-600 A.D.; The Western Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1500; Conclusions
  • Ch. V. The Emergence of the Tainos. The Central Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1500; The Eastern Ostionoid Peoples, 600-1640; Beyond the Eastern Frontier, 600-1640; Conclusions
  • Ch. VI. The Second Repeopling. The Voyages of Columbus, 1492-1504; Conquest, 1494-1797; Survival and Revival, 1524 On; Conclusions
  • Epilogue: The Tainos' Role in the Columbian Exchange; Biological Traits; Cultural Traits; Linguistic Traits; Conclusions.