A Tentative Reconstruction of the Maguana Chiefdom, Hispaniola

The island on the Axis Mundi with San Juan de la Maguana as the center of the world (in Valmé, Atabey, Yucayequey, Caney : 6000 ans d'amenagement territorial prehispanique sur l'ile d'Ayiti / Haiti/ Republique Dominicaine ). Exploring the history of the cacicazgo of Maguana is exceedingly difficult. Caonabo, its leader at the time of Columbus's arrival in Hispaniola is one of the few figures from…