During colonial times, the main economic activity in Caribbean islands was plantation agriculture. Cash crops such as sugar, tobacco, cotton, and coffee were cultivated on vast plantations, often using enslaved labor. These crops were then exported to Europe and other parts of the world, generating substantial profits for the colonizing powers and plantation owners.
A two meter long painting of a kangaroo in the Kimberley region of Western Australia has been identified as the oldest intact cave painting in Australia. Using radiocarbon dating of 27 mud wasp nests, collected above and below 16 similar paintings, a University of Melbourne collaboration has dated