The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that one
ethnographic source suggests that the Zombie palm, Zombia antillarum (pictured), a native of the island of
Hispaniola, can be used to awaken
zombies or protect against their spying?
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Regarding
this edit, while I don't think it's appropriate to add an editorial comment to any article, I'm not at all sure we should presume that anyone meant Tainos in the 1820s. While there are quite credible claims of Taino persistence in the Greater Antilles, I'm pretty sure they were considered "extinct" after about the 1700s. Island Caribs, on the other hand, did remain in the Lesser Antilles. So while I don't know for certain who the reference spoke of, I don't see how this presumption is reasonable.
Guettarda (
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12:55, 6 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Considering there is no evidence of the Caribs settling the Greater Antilles, it's a good assumption to make. Unless the author was talking about the non-Taino groups settling Hispaniola. That's a whole different story.
Ddum5347 (
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16:35, 6 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Settling, sure, but the Island Caribs were great traders (and in earlier times, raiders). Hispaniola was entirely withing their sphere.
Guettarda (
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16:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)reply
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that one
ethnographic source suggests that the Zombie palm, Zombia antillarum (pictured), a native of the island of
Hispaniola, can be used to awaken
zombies or protect against their spying?
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Regarding
this edit, while I don't think it's appropriate to add an editorial comment to any article, I'm not at all sure we should presume that anyone meant Tainos in the 1820s. While there are quite credible claims of Taino persistence in the Greater Antilles, I'm pretty sure they were considered "extinct" after about the 1700s. Island Caribs, on the other hand, did remain in the Lesser Antilles. So while I don't know for certain who the reference spoke of, I don't see how this presumption is reasonable.
Guettarda (
talk)
12:55, 6 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Considering there is no evidence of the Caribs settling the Greater Antilles, it's a good assumption to make. Unless the author was talking about the non-Taino groups settling Hispaniola. That's a whole different story.
Ddum5347 (
talk)
16:35, 6 May 2021 (UTC)reply
Settling, sure, but the Island Caribs were great traders (and in earlier times, raiders). Hispaniola was entirely withing their sphere.
Guettarda (
talk)
16:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)reply