“…Christopher Columbus and his crew arrived at an island known to the Lucayan–Taínos as Guanahaní (Dunn & Kelley, 1989), which many researchers and historians believe to be the island he renamed San Salvador. Though the historical accuracy of the exact landfall is still debated due to disparities in translation and distance conversions (Fuson, 1983; Varela, 1984), Columbus was the sole European to observe first‐hand Lucayan–Taíno lifeways (Keegan, 1992). He noticed the broad appearance of their foreheads that was a result of artificial cranial deformation, observed them in dugout canoes and witnessed their fishing and horticultural practices.…”