Our Ancestors - Vocabulary

First indigenous group that settled the island of Puerto Rico.

• Archaic

• Igneri

• Pre-Taino

• Taino

Second indigenous group that settled the island of Puerto Rico.

• Archaic

• Igneri

• Pre-Taino

• Taino

Third indigenous group born from the mixing of Archaic and Igneri culture.

• Archaic

• Igneri

• Pre-Taino

• Taino

Last indigenous group that existed when the Spanish arrived to Puerto Rico.

• Archaic

• Igneri

• Pre-Taino

• Taino

People who moved from place to place.

• nomad

• sedentary

• bohio

• cacique

• yucayeque

It means to establish communities in fixed places.

• nomad

• sedentary

• bohio

• cacique

• yucayeque

A hut made of straws and sticks.

• nomad

• sedentary

• bohio

• cacique

• yucayeque

The leader of a yucayeque.

• nomad

• sedentary

• bohio

• cacique

• yucayeque

Taino village.

• nomad

• sedentary

• bohio

• cacique

• yucayeque

Cacique's hut.

• caney

• batey

• nitaino

• naboria