Western West Indies (4,365–2,638 BCE) Late Holocene — Ceramic Frontiers

Geographic and Environmental Context

Western West Indies includes Cuba and its surrounding isles, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and western Haiti — Tortuga Island, Port-de-Paix, western Massif du Nord, Gonâve Gulf & Île de la Gonâve, western Tiburon Peninsula (including Île à Vache).

Anchors: Windward Passage, Jamaica Channel, Tortuga–Port-de-Paix corridor, Gonâve Gulf, Cayman Ridge, northern Cuba shelves.

• Saladoid ceramics and cassava gardening entered Cuba and Hispaniola (west); Jamaica later in sequence; plaza hamlets grew on leeward coasts.