Sentences with phrase «islands early inhabitants»

However, it is believed that the islands early inhabitants were the first to know of its existence, but their fear of spirits that they believe inhabit the caves prevented them from exploring the cave.

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But in Britain, individuals connected to Beaker pots seem to be a distinct, genetically related group that almost wholly replaced the island's earlier inhabitants.

Some 20,000 years ago, the Island's earliest inhabitants were native peoples who historians believe used Alcatraz for camping and gathering foods.

«A brief account of some early inhabitants of Santa Cruz Island.»

Here you'll enjoy pristine beaches that look much the same as when Europeans made contact with the island's original inhabitants, the Mayans, in the early 1500s.

During the February «From Shore to Sea» lecture, Anthropologist Dr. John Johnson discussed new insights from recent research projects that indicate early native inhabitants of the Channel Islands likely thrived in greater densities than anywhere else in California.

Located at the islands are the remains of perhaps the earliest island inhabitants, dating back 13,000 years BP.

Arawak Indian rock drawings decorate the monolithic stones of Ayo, providing evidence of the great importance these rocks held for the Island's early inhabitants.

The original name of the island was «Yuma», which was given to it by very early Arawak inhabitants.

The earliest European inhabitants were Loyalist refugees from the American Revolution who came to the island in 1783.

Early history Before the 17th century, the Wampanoag, who had settlements throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, were the only inhabitants of the lands along the Acushnet River.