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 Akawaio
pottery fragments from Quartz Island, Mazaruni River |
AKAWAIO |
The Carib-speaking Akawaio are the linguistic descendants
of the Karinya. During an extended period of drought
conditions and forest fragmentation, the Akawaio pioneered the occupation
of the hinterland forests around the beginning of the Christian era. Around
80 BCE, Akawaio occupied Quartz Island on the Mazaruni river. The Akawaio
are known as the great long-distance traders of the Guianas
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