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Archeology

Junior High School Level

Analyze Petroglyphs and an Amerindian Swallow Stick

Activity Type: Artifact
The various groups of people who first inhabited the Virgin Islands had no written system of communication. However, we can learn directly about their lifeways and beliefs through the surviving elements of their material culture, which include settlement sites, pottery, stoneware, food remains and various kinds of carvings, all…
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Upper Elementary Level

Analyze Contents of a Prehistoric Midden from Tutu, St. Thomas

Activity Type: Written Document
In September 1990, construction crews were digging in an area of Tutu, St. Thomas to build a shopping mall. They disturbed remains of an Amerindian village. The construction activity was stopped for 10 months. This allowed archeologists a brief period to examine the site. When archaeologists dig, they are…
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Lower Elementary Level

Analyze an Amerindian Fishing Hook found at Longford, St. Croix

Activity Type: Artifact
The islands of the Antilles were home to thriving cultures for some 3,500 years before Europeans and Africans arrived in the late 1400s. These early people included the Tainos and the Island Caribs. They used stones, bones, and shells to make tools and ornaments. Their tools, like this fishing…
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Lower Elementary Level

Analyze an Amerindian Stone Ax found at Little Cruz Bay, St. John

Activity Type: Artifact
Through research, archeologists have found signs that suggests that the first people arrived in the Virgin Islands around 2500 to 3000 years ago. In the Virgin Islands, over 210 sites belonging to Amerindian cultures have been uncovered and identified. Some of the important village sites found and studied on…
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Teach VI History has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: CARES Act Emergency Relief Grants for Humanities, through the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI). 
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