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Chancery Lane, Barbados
Chancery Lane, Barbados is a town located in the province of Christ Church, Barbados. It is located in the south coast of Barbados. Chancery Lane is known for its pottery. The towns pottery dates back to the Saladoid period. References Populated places in Barbados {{Barbados-geo-stub ...
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Christ Church, Barbados
The parishes of Barbados, parish of Christ Church is one of eleven historic political divisions of Barbados. It has a land area of and is found at the southern end of the island. Christ Church has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir William Tufton. The parish contains the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport as well as the last remaining mangrove swamp in the country, the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Under Barbados's historic vestry, the main Christ Church Parish Church, parish church was originally seated near Dover. After it and the courtyard were destroyed by flood in 1669, the Church of England parish church, main parish church moved to Oistins, Christ Church, Barbados, Oistins area, becoming the main town and former Christ Church Parish Church, capital of the parish. The South Point Lighthouse is located in South Point, Christ Church, between Atlantic Shores and Green Garden, also in Christ Church. Another notable area o ...
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Saladoid
The Saladoid culture is a pre-Columbian indigenous culture of territory in present-day Venezuela and the Caribbean that flourished from 500 BCE to 545 CE. The Saladoid were an Arawak people. Concentrated along the lowlands of the Orinoco River, the people migrated by sea to the Lesser Antilles, and then to Puerto Rico."Prehistory of the Caribbean Culture Area"
Southeast Archaeological Center, National Park Service (retrieved 19 July 2013)


Name

This cultural classification comes from adding the suffix "oid" to the sites where these unique pottery styles were first recognised; thus the name Saladoid, from name of the modern settlement of Saladero, is used by archaeologists to identify the peoples of the early ceramic age.


Chronology

The Saladoid period includes ...
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