The first inhabitants probably migrated from Venezuela around 2500 BC
3400BC-2400BC
OLDEST ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES
The three oldest archeological sites are at "Seru Boca"," Sint Joris Baai" and Rooi Rincon". The site of Rooi Rincon was the first to be discovered in 1949 by A.D. Ringma. Radiocarbon dating produced a date that ranges in between 3400BC-2400BC. The site of Rooi Rincon is a shell midden situated in an abri with two rock drawings on its walls. The shell midden consists of shells and food remnants from the archaic pre-Columbian people that lived here.
One of the rock drawings. Photo: NAAM. The drawing is a reproduction made by Wagenaar Hummelinck. Rotstekeningen van Curaçao, Aruba en Bonaire, Deel I, Curaçao, 1953.
