Glossary

Cross hatching Fine line incision in a cross-hatched pattern.

Caliviny Buff or black painted circular motifs on a plain or red slipped surface, in use throughout the entire Troumassoid sequence in the southern Lesser Antilles, notably on St. Vincent, where more than 20 sites have been documented yielding Caliviny pottery. This pottery has also been found on St. Lucia, Martinique, the Grenadines, and Barbados.

Cayo Late Ceramic Age pottery style on Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Guadeloupe with affiliations to the Koriabo complex of the Guianas, itself a member of the Koriaban subseries of the Polychrome Tradition of Amazonia.

Head lugs Modeled zoomorphic or anthropomorphic

Representations, added to vessel as handles or lugs when both were in a plastic or leather-hard state.

Huecan Saladoid subseries Pottery style identified in Puerto Rico, Vieques, and the northern Lesser Antilles as far south as Marie-Galante. The origin of this Early Ceramic Age style, the so-called Huecan problem, has been debated since its first discovery. Some scholars view it as a separate Huecoid series, resulting from an independent migration from the South American mainland, others as Huecan Saladoid, a separate subseries that developed independently out of the Saladoid series. Recently, also affiliation to Central America has been suggested.

Incision Linear or curvilinear grooves applied to the vessel surface once the clay was leather-hard.

Kalinago Island Carib of colonial times who refer to the Guianas as their original homeland. Cayo pottery has been correlated to the Island Carib.

Maloca Large communal house known from Tropical Lowland peoples of South America. The ‘maloca’ accommodates a wide range of activities such as living, sleeping, food preparation, working, storing, meeting, dancing, and worshipping.

Modeled applique Pre-modeled clay sometimes of a geometric shape attached to the vessel, when both were in a plastic or leather hard condition.

Ortoiroid Series that extends from the coastal zone of Venezuela and the Guianas through the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico during the Archaic Age. The toolkit consists of ground stone and shell tools as well as flint.

Series Cultural complexes or ceramic styles that developed from a common ancestor. A subseries is a spatial and/or temporal division of a series.