Taínos
...s known as petroglyphs. Unlike the Arawakan, Taínos were fishermen and farmers not hunters. This was because they didn’t have much space to hunt on also the sea was an even better source of food. The Taínos were tall, pretty, with slender bodies. Their hair was short with a long pony tail at the back. Their population was immense too. The island was dividing into provinces, districts, and villages all with a cacique. They had Nitaínos, Naborias, caciques, and Bohikes. Nitaínos were the noblemen, warriors, craftsmen and the artisans. Naborias were the working people. The Naborias were fishers, hunters; worked on the canoas they did hard labor. Caciques were the chiefs and were from the Nitaíno class. Their position was inherited. To be a cacique was and honor. They had many wives some wives were because they united two yucayeques to make an alliance. To distinct the cacique they whore a head covering made out of cotton, gold, or tribal chieftains, and colorful feathers. They also wore a Mao a cover their shoulder, chest, and back from the sun. They owned the most powerful stones or wood carvings. When they died they could bury the cacique with their favorite wife or all their wives even if they were alive. The wives would drink a special potion that would make them fall sleep then they wouldn't know anything. Yucayeque were close to any river sources under tall trees surrounded by a tall fence. They had four roads that came out from the batey. In the yucayeque not everyone went to sleep at night out looks where outside for nocturnal fishing and night rituals. During the day the people first ritual they did was bathing and praying. They ate casava bread with a communal pepper. Then the work was assigned according to the gender and group. Necer it when conucos or farms sometimes game plazas. Bohios were round with out windows. Caneys were round with out windows. Caneys were rectangular with windows caciques and Bohikes lived there. They kept up to 15 people at once. The Taínos cultivated yuca. The plant was taken from the ground and eaten. First they took off the top layer with if eating it could poison the person and even die from it. Then they First the yuca was peeled with a rock. Second it was shredded and squeezed in a woven sleeve to squeeze out the poisonous juices and left for a few days. The flour was used to make the round and flat casava bread, which was cooked on a barbecue supported on stones over a fire. The cooked bread was dried and stored and could be eaten even after a month. A soup was made using the poi...