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Download or read book The People who Discovered Columbus written by William F. Keegan and published by Columbus Quincentenary Series. This book was released on 1992 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keegan's terms his approach paleoethnography, developing a portrait of the past by linking archaeological field data and historical documents. The result, the first overview of the prehistory of the Bahamas, explains how and why the Bahamas were colonized by the Tainos almost 1,400 years ago. The portrait includes characteristics of the islands themselves, descriptions of how the Lucayan made their settlements, what they ate, how they organized in social groups, and how.