Saladoid

Saladoid culture is a pre-columbian indigenous culture of Venezuela and the Caribbean that flourished from 500 BCE to 545 CE.^[1]

1 Name
2 Chronology
3 Migrations
4 Culture
5 Notes

Name

They have been given the name of the sites where their unique pottery styles were first recognised. The suffix "oid" has been added in this cultural classification. Hence, the name Saladoid is used by archaeologists, to identify the peoples of the early ceramic age.

Chronology

The Saladoid period includes the four following subcultures, defined by ceramic styles.

Hacienda Grande culture (250 BCE–300 CE)
Cuevas culture (400–600 CE)
Prosperity culture (1–300 CE)
Coral Bay-Longford culture (350–550 CE)^[1]

Migrations

This culture is thought to have originated at the lower Orinoco River near the modern settlements of Saladero and Barrancas in Venezuela. Seafaring people from the lowland region of the Orinoco River of South America migrated into and established settlements in the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola.^[1] They displaced the pre-ceramic Ortoiroid culture. As a horticultural people, they initially occupied wetter and more fertile islands that best accommodated their needs. These Indigenous peoples of the Americas were an Arawak-speaking culture.

Between 500-280 BCE, they immigrated into Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles, eventually making up a large portion of what was to become a single Caribbean culture.

Culture

Saladoid people are charaticterized by agriculture, ceramic production, and sedentary settlements.^[1] Their unique and highly decorated pottery has enabled archaeologists to recognize their sites and to determine their places of origin. Saladoid ceramics include zoomorphic effigy vessels, incense burners, platters, trays, jars, bowls with strap handles, and bell-shaped containers. The red pottery was painted with white, orange, and black slips.^[1]

Distinctive Saladoid artifacts are stone pendants, shaped like raptors from South America. These were made from a range of exotic materials, including such as carnelian, turquoise, lapis lazuli, amethyst, crystal quartz, jasper-chalcedony, and fossilized wood. These were traded through the Great and Lesser Antilles and the South American mainland, until 600 CE.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Prehistory of the Caribbean Culture Area." Southeast Archaeological Center. (retrieved 9 July 2011)


Americas	Paleo-Indians · Genetic history · Archaeology of the Americas · Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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Language	Nahuatl language	Mayan languages	Quechua
Writing	Aztec writing	Mayan writing	Quipu
Religion	Aztec religion	Maya religion	Inca religion
Mythology	Aztec mythology	Maya mythology	Inca mythology
Calendar	Aztec calendar	Maya calendar
Society	Aztec society	Maya society	Inca society
Infrastructure	Chinampas	Maya architecture	Inca architecture (road system) Incan agriculture
History	Aztec history		Inca history
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Conquest	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (Hernán Cortés)	Spanish conquest of Yucatán (Francisco de Montejo) Spanish conquest of Guatemala (Pedro de Alvarado)	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (Francisco Pizarro)
See also
Portal:Indigenous peoples of North America – Columbian exchange – Mesoamerican writing systems – Native American cuisine – Native American pottery – Population history of American indigenous peoples – Pre-Columbian art – Painting in the Americas before Colonization

Ethnic groups in Venezuela

Current indigenous	Auaké · Baniwa · Hiwi · Ingarikó · Kali'na · Marueta · Motilone Barí · Pemon · Piaroa · Sanumá · Warao · Wayuu · Yanomami · Ye'kuana

Extinct indigenous	Caquetio · Cumanagoto · Guahibo · Mariche · Saladoid · Timoto-cuicas

Non-Indigenous	African · Arab · Armenian · Indian · Italian · Japanese · Jewish · Lebanese · Portuguese · White