Jul 19, 2019 · El siguiente listado incluye: el nombre de los principales yucayeques o aldeas de Borikén, el área geográfica actual y el nombre del cacique que comandaba el yucayeque.

Both were governed by chiefs known as caciques, who were the maximum authority in a Yucayeque (village). The chiefs were advised by priest-healers known as a Bohique and the Nitayno , which is how the elders and warriors were known.

Apr 23, 2019 · Los nitaínos ayudaban al cacique a tomar decisiones para el yucayeque, pero también eran los que defendían la comunidad de los indios caribe. Al igual que el cacique, estos disfrutaban de ciertos privilegios que no tenían los demás.

Todos los yucayeques tenían una parte de sus tierras dedicada para la siembra exclusivamente y se le llamaba conuco. Esta era la parte más importante del pueblo taino por que su principal ocupación era la agricultura. Por otra parte el yucayeque era …

Dec 28, 2024 · 1. Disposición del yucayeque. Los yucayeques seguían una disposición circular o elíptica, con un espacio central llamado batey, que servía como área de ceremonias, juegos y reuniones. Alrededor del batey se organizaban las viviendas: Bohíos: Viviendas comunes, generalmente redondas, habitadas por familias.

It has been suggested that the first tribe to begin settling in the Caribbean and therefore, Puerto Rico were the Ortoiroid, a small group that left Venezuela for Trinidad and Tobago around 5,000 BC. [1] This group was succeeded by the Casimiroid people coming from Central America, and several other groups before the Taíno took over several hundred years after.

The island’s indigenous people had a hierarchically structured kingdom, in which each yucayeque or village had a cacique (leader) who ruled and guided their clan.

May 14, 2019 · Y por último, estaban los naborias, quienes eran la fuerza laboral del yucayeque. Pero, además de estos tres grupos, cada yucayeque tenía un líder religioso llamado bohique. El bohique era un nitaíno que actuaba como sacerdote, médico y maestro del poblado.

His home iukaieke (yucayeque/village) was said to lie close to the rio/river Guaynia. Many historians claim that the site of this village is located in the area of the municipality of Guayanilla while others claim it was in Guanica.

Yucayeques refers to the indigenous Taino villages found in the Caribbean, particularly on the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. These settlements served as the central hubs for Taino culture, social structure, and economy, facilitating interactions among communities and with European newcomers during initial encounters in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.