Ortoire , in Trinidad , is the archaeological type site for the Ortoiroid people , immigrants to the Antilles around 2000 BCE.
5-519: Ortoire may refer to: Ortoire (archaeological site) , the archaeological type site for the Ortoiroid people Ortoire Block , an oil and gas exploration area Ortoire (village) , a village in Mayaro County on Trinidad Island Ortoire Municipal Corporation , a political subdivision of Mayaro–Rio Claro Regional Corporation Ortoire River ,
10-554: A river on Trinidad and Tobago Ortoire syncline , a geologic feature in Ortoire Block, an oil and gas exploration area in the Mayaro–Rio Claro region of Trinidad Ortoire (ward) , a section of Victoria County, Trinidad and Tobago See also [ edit ] Ortoiroid people [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
15-439: Is a shell midden site in southeast Trinidad. The site is actually made up of five small sites located along a small strip of land between the ocean and a mangrove swamp which were excavated in 1953 by Irving Rouse . Rouse found manos , flattened mano- pestles made from Antillean stone, a grinding stone , bone points and fish and animal remains. Also excavated were quartz and chert chips and red ochre pebbles. The site
20-469: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ortoire&oldid=995731589 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ortoire (archaeological site) It
25-569: Was dated to 800 BCE. The Ortoiroid peoples, migrants who reached Antigua Island by canoe from modern Venezuela, probably around 5,000 BCE, are named after the Ortoire site. The site, from the late Archaic Period , is one of the best known archaeological sites on Trinidad. It is on the east coast of the island, near the mouth of the Ortoire River , and made up of mostly bivalves including donax clams and Tivela trigonella . There
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