Cahiers des Amériques Latines (Jul 2003)

Cinq petits tapirs : les Guyanes amérindiennes d’avant 1499

  • Stephen Rostain

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4000/cal.7236
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 43
pp. 19 – 38

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On almost two millions of square kilometers, Guyana forms a geografical and cultural identity. But, if we can talk about the specificity of a precolombian amerindian world, each period and each region has known particular developments. Five principal steps have been identified during the Guyanase prehistory which starts 10000 years ago to end with the european conquest 500 years ago.

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