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VELAZQUEZ, Nelly. Población indígena y etnohistoria en el extremo oriental de Venezuela. LiminaR [online]. 2010, vol.8, n.2, pp.89-105. ISSN 2007-8900.

This paper aims to study the cultural characteristics and history of the indigenous population of eastern Venezuela, specifically the Gulf of Paria, in which Columbus made contact on his third voyage. This uses three main sources, such as ethnological information contained in the story of Columbus, ethnology studies based on the stories of the settlers (explorers, writers and missionaries) made in the area of eastern Venezuela and the Antilles (Acosta Saignes, 1961; Civrieux, 1980; Salas, 1971), which are added to the archaeological sources (Cruxent and Rouse, 1961; Sanoja and Vargas, 1974).

Palavras-chave : Ethnohistory; indigenous peoples; colonization; Paria and Venezuela.