Category Archives: Amerindians in Barbados

The Archaeology of Mapp’s Cave: A Contribution to the Prehistory of Barbados

1980 (F. W. Lange and J. S. Handler) “The Archaeology of Mapp’s Cave: A Contribution to the Prehistory of Barbados.” Journal of the Virgin Islands Archaeological Society 9: 3-17. We report on the limited prehistoric data recovered from a cave … Continue reading

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Amerindians and Their Contributions to Barbadian Life in the Seventeenth Century

1977 (Jerome S. Handler) “Amerindians and Their Contributions to Barbadian Life in the Seventeenth Century.” JBMHS 35:189-210. This paper sketches what can be ascertained from limited documentary information about the way of life of Barbados’s small Amerindian population during the … Continue reading

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Aspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados

1970 (Jerome S. Handler) “Aspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados.“ Caribbean Studies 9: 50-72. An ethnohistorical study of the island’s small enslaved Amerindian population, focusing on material life and its possible influence on persons of European and African … Continue reading

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The Amerindian Slave Population in Barbados in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries

1969 (Jerome S. Handler) “The Amerindian Slave Population in Barbados in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries.” Caribbean Studies 8: 38-64. Shortly after Barbados was colonized in 1627, a small group of Amerindians from Guiana was brought to the island … Continue reading

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