In the region of Guardalavaca
are many traces of the Taíno`s culture found
The Taíno Indians were people who
lived in areas around the Caribbean Sea, on the the islands Hispaniola, Bahama`s,
Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico etc. and were related to the Arawaks
The Taíno are
known because they were the first Indians that Christopher Columbus encountered
in 1492
Estimates of the number of Taíno who lived in 1492 range from several
hundred thousand to eight million
The Taíno were at the end of the 16th century
as a separate people died from diseases that the settlers from Europe brought
with them
In Chorro de Maita, on 285m altitude in the Cerro de Yaguajay, the
remains were found in 1986 of a large pre- Columbian cemetery
This is the
largest cemetery in the entire Caribbean
At the site of the excavations, now the
Museo Arquelogico Chorro de Maita, exhibited 70 skeletons (of 108)
They date
from the period 1080-1600 AD
All the people are very young, but naturally
deceased
The Taíno`s tied a plate on the forehead of the baby `s so that the
forehead was flattened
With one skull that hasn`t happened, that of a twenty year
old Spaniard
In the display cases you see pottery vases, tools, idols of shells
and rings in honor of the gods
From Guardalavaca you should take the road to
Banes
Follow this road for about 6 km until you see the statue on the picture below
on the right side of the road
Turn here right and after about 2 km you will see
the museum on your left hand
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