This work describes and interprets aboriginal art by precolumbian artists from the archipelago and covers three millennia of human life in the region: that of the original settlers, the Ciboneys, followed by the Tainos. General information about Caribbean archaeological sites is also included.

"Like the revealing of a new world to Europeans in 1492 this book is a revelation about Cuban prehistory". Peter L. Drewett, Institute of Archaeology, University College London