White Marl Taino

The White Marl site is a Taíno archaeological site between Kingston and Spanish town of Jamaica. Several archaeological studies in Jamaica have contributed to public knowledge regarding Amerindians. Across the entire island, the Archaeological Society of Jamaica has conducted excavations and surveys of Indigenous sites since 1965. This archaeological settlement is composed of 18th and 19th-century British sugar estates and plantations. Several descriptions of the settlement have been accounted for by several archaeologists over time. Some of these studies include an archaeological study conducted by Robert Randolph Howard, Charles Cotter, and Richard Hill. Richard Hill made the first description of the White Marl site detailing pottery, human remains, and large amounts of animal life including marine mollusks and duties. These indigenous sites have been found to be composed of three main features: petroglyphs, caves, and midden deposits. There is also often an absence of ceremonial structures, ball courts, and large plazas. The caves explored have been compiled of Indigenous remains suggesting the use of caves as burial sites by the Taíno communities. Through studying these burial sites significant evidence has been found to establish that during the early colonial occupation of Jamaica adventure the White Marl was still inhabited during the Spanish's time with the island. Ther

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