The Tainos - Rouse, Irving
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From a noted archeologist/anthropologist, the story of the Tainos--the first people Columbus encountered when he arrived in the Americas--from their earliest days to their rapid decline after European contact "A model of clarity and lightly worn erudition, and it contains the best and most straightforward description of the four Columbus voyages and their implications for the Amerindians I have seen."--Kenneth Maxwell, New York Times Book Review > As Rouse discusses the Tainos' contributions to the Spaniards--from Indian corn, tobacco, and rubber balls to art, artifacts, and new words--we…mehr

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From a noted archeologist/anthropologist, the story of the Tainos--the first people Columbus encountered when he arrived in the Americas--from their earliest days to their rapid decline after European contact "A model of clarity and lightly worn erudition, and it contains the best and most straightforward description of the four Columbus voyages and their implications for the Amerindians I have seen."--Kenneth Maxwell, New York Times Book Review > As Rouse discusses the Tainos' contributions to the Spaniards--from Indian corn, tobacco, and rubber balls to art, artifacts, and new words--we realize that their effect on Western civilization, brief through their contact, was an important and lasting one.
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Irving Rouse is Charles J. MacCurdy Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Yale University and Curator Emeritus of Anthropology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University.