The Transformation of Indigenous Landscape in the First Colonized Region of the Caribbean

This paper presents an archaeological reconstruction of indigenous landscape transformations in the first colonized region Caribbean. The arrival Columbus 1492 northern island Haytí (the current Dominican Republic and Haiti) signified a profound change lives island’s communities, transforming their everyday actions perceptions landscape. To address this complex topic, research tackled key problem archaeology: while “landscape” concept has been extensively debated, there is growing tendency to use without clear definitions obscure important methodological aspects how scholars bridge divide between conceptual record. approaches by applying concepts ‘sites as tendencies’ ‘contested taskscapes’. theoretical framework allows for and, more importantly, highlights colonization process impacted tasks Hayti’s people through transformation