Taíno chiefdoms of central Puerto Rico

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The Taíno chiefdoms of central Puerto Rico were pre-Columbian Indigenous polities organized under regional caciques, forming a key cultural and political heartland of Taíno society on the island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Taíno polities
archaeological culture area
pre-Columbian Indigenous chiefdoms
documentedBy Spanish chroniclers after contact
engagedIn fishing
hunting
inter-island exchange
ethnicGroup Taíno NERFINISHED
governedBy regional caciques
hasArchaeologicalEvidence ball courts
ceramic assemblages
petroglyphs
stone zemis
stone-lined plazas
hasCenterNear Caguana ceremonial center NERFINISHED
Jayuya region NERFINISHED
Utuado region NERFINISHED
hasEconomy horticulture-based economy
hasEnvironment mountainous interior
river valleys
hasLanguage Taíno language NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalStructure chiefdom
hasReligion Taíno religion NERFINISHED
hasRitualSpace batey plazas
hasSettlementPattern plaza-centered villages
hasSocialClass caciques
naborias
nitainos NERFINISHED
hasSocialOrganization hierarchical
hasStrategicRole cultural heartland of Puerto Rico Taíno
political heartland of Puerto Rico Taíno
influenced Taíno chiefdoms of coastal Puerto Rico
influencedBy earlier Ostionoid cultures
locatedIn Caribbean
Puerto Rico
central Puerto Rico
mainCrop cassava
maize
partOf Indigenous history of Puerto Rico
Taíno cultural area NERFINISHED
Taíno society NERFINISHED
pre-Columbian Caribbean
studiedInDiscipline Caribbean archaeology
anthropology
timePeriod Late Ceramic Age NERFINISHED
period immediately before Spanish contact
pre-Columbian era

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Caguax partOf Taíno chiefdoms of central Puerto Rico