Seafaring has played an important role in human history by enabling many prehistoric migrations across the world.[1] Seafaring was especially important in the Caribbean as it was the only way to reach the Caribbean Islands. Current research has discovered that numerous Pre-Columbian colonisation events occurred in the Caribbean and that an important initial incentive to visit the Caribbean Islands may have been the search for high quality materials, such as flint, clams, oysters and other resources.[2] Although only a limited amount of Pre-Columbian watercraft have been uncovered it has been possible to deduce the appearance and design of some Caribbean canoes.[3] Historical sources offer many descriptions regarding the appearance and use of Amerindian canoes; however, it is difficult to assess to what extent the Caribbean canoes from the 15th century AD are similar to their counterparts of 5000 years earlier.
- ^ Anderson, Atholl (2010). The origins and development of seafaring: Towards a global approach, in: A. Atholl, J. Barrett, K. Boyle (eds.), The global origins and development of seafaring. McDonald Institute of Archeological Research, University of Cambridge. pp. 3–18. ISBN 978-1-902937-52-6. OCLC 764538736.
- ^ Hofmann, Corinne; Borck, Lewis; Slayton, Emma; Hoogland, Menno (2019). Archaic Age voyaging, networks and resource mobility around the Caribbean Sea, in: C. Hofman and A. Antczak (eds.), Early settlers of the Insular Caribbean : dearchaizing the Archaic. Leiden. pp. 245–262. ISBN 978-90-8890-780-7. OCLC 1096240376.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Fitzpatrick, Scott M. (2013). "Seafaring Capabilities in the pre-Columbian Caribbean". Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 8 (1): 101–138. Bibcode:2013JMarA...8..101F. doi:10.1007/s11457-013-9110-8. ISSN 1557-2285. S2CID 255277295.