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Why we use ‘Indigenous People’ instead of ‘Indians’
At Archaeology Curaçao, we are committed to promoting respectful and accurate terminology when discussing the rich histories and cultures of the Indigenous peoples of Curaçao. One significant choice in our communication is avoiding the term ‘Indians’ in favor of...
Water, sediment sampling
Curaçao’s water and sediment: Ostracods as past environmental indicators While the main focus of the CCLP is to study human-environment interactions of the past by uncovering relics from that time, recent data can also provide valuable insights into past conditions....
Uncovering Curaçao’s Past through Paleoecological Coring: Insights from the CCLP
The Curaçao Cultural Landscape Project (CCLP) is delving into the island’s long-term history of human-environment interactions through paleoecological coring. By extracting sediment cores from key locations across Curaçao, our team is piecing together how changes in...