Q « aa. i Peoplefirst movedinto the Caribbean about 7,000 years ago, perhaps across a chain of islands, now submerged,that linked Central America and the Greater Antilles. Over the millennia successive groups movedthrough the islands, eventuallyreaching Hispaniola. When the Spanish arrived, they found the highly developedsocietyof the Taino. 1990 53 September/October