A name to begin with
This is a name-only directory outline. Detailed history, reading sources and community-specific imagery are queued. An identification check makes this name findable; it does not count as substantive research, an adequacy assessment or community endorsement.
Names & relationships
The selected scholarly chapter treats Caquetío as a changing historical/regional identity, not one unchanged present government. Archaeological styles, language labels and current self-identification are not interchangeable. ABC map rows are documented island examples, not homeland boundaries; the BQ example concerns Bonaire only.
Identification references
These references support the name and the limited relationships or locations described above. They do not count as substantive history reviews. Detailed reading sources remain queued.
Actual chapter title/abstract and selected printed pp.143–151/PDFpp.11–19 explicitly name the coastal/island Caquetío case and Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire; selected concluding identity interpretation was read. Name and bounded historical association only, not an all-period archaeological/ethnic equation.
Universidad Simón Bolívar, Unidad de Estudios Arqueológicos / Sidestone Press · Check recorded October 29, 2026 · Identification only
Actual First Inhabitants and Spanish/Dutch history paragraphs explicitly name Caquetío people on Aruba; selected primary body corresponding to web lines148–163. Name and historical island connection only; no current government, all-resident ancestry or boundary.
Aruba Tourism Authority · Check recorded October 29, 2026 · Identification only
Actual Prehistoric/Indian Period and Colonial Period body, particularly the latter’s explicit Caquetío/Curaçao contact-era naming, web lines25–30 and contributor attribution at34. Early archaeological populations are not automatically assigned the later name.
Research Station CARMABI; body credited to Claudia Kraan, NAAM · Check recorded October 29, 2026 · Identification only
Modern regional labels are navigation aids, not homeland or jurisdictional boundaries. A missing history or image is a research gap in this Atlas.
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