The Saladoid culture is a pre-Columbian Indigenous culture of territory in present-day Venezuela and the Caribbean that flourished from 500 BCE to 545 CE. The Saladoid were an Arawak people. Concentrated along the lowlands of the Orinoco River, the people migrated by sea to the Lesser Antilles, and then to Puerto Rico. [1]

Feb 9, 2016 · Saladoid culture is a pre-Columbian indigenous culture of territory in present-day Venezuela and the Caribbean that flourished from 500 BCE to 545 CE. Concentrated along the lowlands of the Orinoco River, the people migrated by …

Sep 13, 2020 · Saladoid culture is a pre-Columbian indigenous territorial culture in modern-day Caribbean and Venezuela that prospered around 500 BCE to 545 CE. Clustered along the Orinoco River’s lowlands, the inhabitants migrated by sea to the Lesser Antilles, and then all the way to Puerto Rico.

The Saladoid series culture area includes the Orinoco River basin, parts of the north coast of South America, and the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico. The Saladoid series first appears in the Middle Orinoco, where it is associated with one of the earliest ceramic groups.

May 20, 2021 · In sum, many Saladoid-period archeological sites, from both St. Croix and other islands across the northern Lesser Antilles and Greater Antilles, have produced evidence that their residents participated in regional interaction spheres.

Jun 5, 2012 · Caribbean archaeologists have viewed this as a wave of migration creating a Saladoid horizon, which swept through the Antilles as far as eastern Dominican Republic and had a major impact on all subsequent Caribbean history.

aspects of the Saladoid adaptation are intrinsic to lowland lifeways in general. In this paper I will pursue some Ideas concerning the relation between settlement location, habitat potential, and human behavior in the early ceramic-age of Puerto Rico.