Download or read book Caribbean Paleodemography written by L. Antonio Curet and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2005-06-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important information on prehistoric island populations and migrations. According to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Ta & iactue;nos or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Caribbean archaeology has used population as an important variable in explaining many social, political, and economic processes such as migration, changes in subsistence systems, and the development of institutionalized social stratification. In Caribbean Paleodemography, L. Antonio Curet argues that population has been ...