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| | Pre Columbian Art & Architecture - IX. Peripheral Area |
 | | Pre-Columbian artifacts of the Caribbean area mostly come from the Greater Antilles islands of Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic). |
 | | Settling in Puerto Rico about AD200, the Arawak were known as the Taíno, and their culture continued until the Spanish conquest. |
 | | The most monumental Taíno architectural complex is at Utuado, Puerto Rico. |
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