Guanahatabey
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The Guanahatabey were an indigenous hunter-gatherer society that inhabited Cuba by approximately 4000 BCE. They lived in the western part of the island. By the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century, their population had drastically declined due to European diseases, harsh treatment, starvation, and suicide. Their communities were largely wiped out, with only a few scattered individuals possibly remaining today. The Guanahatabey represent one of the earliest known inhabitants of Cuba.1
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CubaEthnic groupsThe Guanahatabey and Ciboney peoples were among the original hunter-gatherer societies to inhabit Cuba by about 4000 bce, the former living in the extreme west of the island and the latter mainly on the cays to the south, with limited numbers in other places. The Taino…
Read MoreThe Guanahatabey and Ciboney peoples were among the original hunter-gatherer societies to inhabit Cuba by about 4000 bce, the former living in the extreme west of the island and the latter mainly on the cays to the south, with limited numbers in other places. The Taino…
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…century the indigenous Ciboney and Guanahatabey peoples occupied western Cuba, and the more numerous Taino inhabited the rest of the island. Estimates of the total population range as high as 600,000; however, the actual total was probably about 75,000. The Taino were a peaceful people and were highly proficient agriculturalists,…
Read More…century the indigenous Ciboney and Guanahatabey peoples occupied western Cuba, and the more numerous Taino inhabited the rest of the island. Estimates of the total population range as high as 600,000; however, the actual total was probably about 75,000. The Taino were a peaceful people and were highly proficient agriculturalists,…
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