- Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean (including the Lesser Antilles, Bahamas, Greater Antilles) and parts of northern South America.
- Their language is the Cariban languages.
- Migrated to the Caribbean from South America in approximately 1200 CE.
- Skilled navigators and fishermen, used dugout canoes.
- Practiced slash and burn agriculture. Main crops: cassava, maize and sweet potatoes. Caught game, hunted.
- Lived in rectangular communal houses, called 'bohios'.
- Skilled potters and weavers.
Arawaks
- Indigenous people of South America and the Caribbean.
- Language is the Arawakan language.
- Lived across Northern South America, Caribbean and Florida during the 15th and 16th centuries.
- Migrated to the Caribbean from South America in approximately 800 CE.
- Skilled farmers, grew tobacco, maize, cotton and cassava.
- Lived in rectangular houses covered in palm leaves.
- Skilled woodcarvers and weavers.
- Practiced body painting, face and skull deformation.
- Religion included belief in a supreme creator and a pantheon of lesser dieties.