Tanki Flip and Aruban household architecture
Oranjestad, Aruba (source place-name, not an ancient self-designation)
Post patterns support interpretations of differently sized houses and working spaces. They do not directly reveal every household's composition or status. Museum-led research and its documentation matter alongside comparisons with other islands.
Géographie, contexte politique et héritage
Géographie historique
Local settlement developed within an arid island landscape. Oranjestad is a museum-city orientation, not a private site or buried feature. This is an archaeological landscape, not a mapped homeland or jurisdiction.
Organisation politique
House and fence interpretations describe a settlement, not one capital or government for all Aruban communities.
Contexte contemporain
Excavation and museum publications provide research history, not ownership or membership decisions. A bibliographic record verifies a publication, not access to its complete evidence. Living heritage relationships require community authority; this profile cannot decide identity, recognition, descent, or membership.
The structural report differentiates larger and smaller buildings while recognizing irregular features.
The institutional contribution documents a collaborative large-scale investigation.
The 1997 bibliographic record identifies a substantial site publication; its unseen contents are not used as factual evidence.
Uma cronologia breve e documentada
Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.
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Structural study context
The report assigns the buildings to a broad material and historical framework, not a genetic group.
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House-plan interpretation
The report presents interpretations of post configurations rather than an unquestioned household census.
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Museum monograph published
Publication is a modern research milestone, not an ancient event or proof of endorsement.
Culture et langue en contexte
Langues mentionnées dans ce profil
- Spoken languages are not established by this site's material record
Famille linguistique: Unresolved for the archaeological context
Postholes require interpretation rather than literal floor-plan certainty.
House size alone does not identify a family, ethnicity, or ruler.
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Sources utilisées pour cette page
Prefer Caribbean heritage authorities, Indigenous and community perspectives, accountable excavation projects, original archaeological studies, and institutional collections documentation. Attribute written and oral accounts by date, genre, language, audience, and viewpoint. Historical inventories, tentative nominations, catalog records, and full excavation reports are not interchangeable.
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C1
Caribbean Archaeology and World Heritage Convention (World Heritage Papers 14)
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Regional archaeological and heritage proceedings; historical inventory, not current inscription status · 2005
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C2
Teaching Indigenous History and Heritage: A Guide for Teachers in the Caribbean
Eldris Con Aguilar and Corinne L. Hofman; NEXUS1492, Leiden University · Educational research guide; cited for evidence methodology, not reproduced or adapted · 2017
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C3
Bringing Taíno Peoples Back Into History
Leiden University, NEXUS1492 · Institutional account of living heritage and Smithsonian exhibition · 2018-08-27
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C4
Caribbean Ties: Connected People, Then and Now
NEXUS1492, Leiden University and Caribbean partners · Collaborative archaeological outreach publication · 2019
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C5
Caribbean encounters: rescue excavations at the early colonial Island Carib site of Argyle, St. Vincent
Corinne L. Hofman and Menno L. P. Hoogland; Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, Leiden University · Original archaeological research contribution · 2012
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C6
Late Precolonial Culinary Practices: Starch Analysis on Griddles from the Northern Caribbean
Andy J. Ciofalo and colleagues; Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory · Original peer-reviewed microbotanical study · 2019
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C7
Lucayan charred wood selection patterns: a comparative study of variability in fragile island ecosystems of the central and northern Bahamas
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany; Springer Nature · Original peer-reviewed wood-use and chronological study · 2024
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C8
Archaeological History, Memory, and Heritage at the White Marl Site, Central Village, St Catherine Parish, Jamaica
Caribbean Quarterly; Taylor & Francis · Original community and heritage research · 2023
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The structures of Tanki Flip, Aruba
Robert N. Bartone and Aad H. Versteeg; International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, University of Florida Digital Collections · Original excavation and hydrological interpretation · 1995 proceedings
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S2
Caribbean Archaeology and World Heritage Convention: annexes
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Institutional archaeological contributions · 2005
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S3
The Archaeology of Aruba: The Tanki Flip Site
A. H. Versteeg and Stéphen Rostain; Archaeological Museum Aruba · Museum monograph bibliographic record; used for research history only · 1997
Revisión editorial: 20 octobre 2026