At the beginning of the Dominican History were the Tainos, which were one of the most advanced civilizations of the antilles...

Tainos pottery
At the beginning of the Dominican History were the Tainos, which were one of the most advanced civilizations of the Antilles. The native Tainos were a very pacific population, when the Europeans arrived in 1492, the count from the Dominican republic of this population was more or less one million habitants divided into 5 tribes.
the tainos had a very advanced technology, they revealed themself to be great cultivators and fisherman whom lived near rivers and the coast line, when we see their sculptures, numerous paintings and their pottery they left behind we can see they also were artists.