List of pre-Columbian sites in Antigua and Barbuda

Pre-Columbian Antigua and Barbuda was home to hundreds of villages and several hundred other places of human activity between the arrival of the Archaic culture around 3700 BC and the European colonization of the islands starting in the late 17th century. These sites were distributed throughout the modern-day country, most densely along the coasts.^[1]

Indigenous and archaeological sites in Antigua and Barbuda

List

This is a partial list of pre-Columbian sites in the country:

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Site	Island	Coordinates
Boiling Rocks	Barbuda	17°33′10.07″N 61°44′35.86″W / 17.5527972°N 61.7432944°W / 17.5527972; -61.7432944
Cades Bay	Antigua	17°01′36.95″N 61°51′46.35″W / 17.0269306°N 61.8628750°W / 17.0269306; -61.8628750
Doigs	Antigua	17°01′02.21″N 61°48′38.62″W / 17.0172806°N 61.8107278°W / 17.0172806; -61.8107278
Elliot's	Antigua	17°04′09.89″N 61°43′53.03″W / 17.0694139°N 61.7313972°W / 17.0694139; -61.7313972
Green Castle Hill	Antigua	17°4′24.73″N 61°51′1.60″W / 17.0735361°N 61.8504444°W / 17.0735361; -61.8504444
Guava	Barbuda	17°36′55.66″N 61°49′03.44″W / 17.6154611°N 61.8176222°W / 17.6154611; -61.8176222
Highland Road	Barbuda	17°39′59.00″N 61°47′39.54″W / 17.6663889°N 61.7943167°W / 17.6663889; -61.7943167
Indian Creek	Antigua	17°00′34.76″N 61°44′40.77″W / 17.0096556°N 61.7446583°W / 17.0096556; -61.7446583
Indian Town Trail	Barbuda	17°40′26.80″N 61°46′30.15″W / 17.6741111°N 61.7750417°W / 17.6741111; -61.7750417
Jolly Beach	Antigua	17°04′03.79″N 61°53′20.27″W / 17.0677194°N 61.8889639°W / 17.0677194; -61.8889639
Little Deep	Antigua	17°03′31.35″N 61°40′43.08″W / 17.0587083°N 61.6786333°W / 17.0587083; -61.6786333
Long Island	Antigua	17°09′18″N 61°45′12″W / 17.15500°N 61.75333°W / 17.15500; -61.75333
Mamora Bay	Antigua	17°00′59.35″N 61°44′19.50″W / 17.0164861°N 61.7387500°W / 17.0164861; -61.7387500
Mill Reef	Antigua	17°03′24.15″N 61°40′40.80″W / 17.0567083°N 61.6780000°W / 17.0567083; -61.6780000
Muddy Bay	Antigua	17°04′47.41″N 61°42′17.74″W / 17.0798361°N 61.7049278°W / 17.0798361; -61.7049278
Royall's	Antigua	17°09′48.72″N 61°48′51.75″W / 17.1635333°N 61.8143750°W / 17.1635333; -61.8143750
Seaview	Barbuda	17°40′44.38″N 61°46′46.93″W / 17.6789944°N 61.7797028°W / 17.6789944; -61.7797028
Sufferers	Barbuda	17°33′23.76″N 61°44′27.43″W / 17.5566000°N 61.7409528°W / 17.5566000; -61.7409528
The River	Barbuda	17°35′30.6″N 61°49′10.9″W / 17.591833°N 61.819694°W / 17.591833; -61.819694
Twenty Hill	Antigua	17°6′8″N 61°46′11″W / 17.10222°N 61.76972°W / 17.10222; -61.76972
Welches	Barbuda	17°34′39.63″N 61°44′29.15″W / 17.5776750°N 61.7414306°W / 17.5776750; -61.7414306
Winthrope's Bay	Antigua	17°08′44.37″N 61°47′04.00″W / 17.1456583°N 61.7844444°W / 17.1456583; -61.7844444

References

↑ Murphy, Arthur. "The Prehistory of Antigua, Ceramic Age: Subsistence, Settlement, Culture and Adaptation Within an Insular Environment" (PDF). University of Calgary.
↑ "Archaic Age". www.archaeologyantigua.org. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
↑ "Ceramic Age / Pre Columbian Saladoid". www.archaeologyantigua.org. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
↑ "Post Saladoid". www.archaeologyantigua.org. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
↑ Sophia Perdikaris, Sandrine Grouard, Rebecca Boger, Allison Bain, Anaëlle Jallon, et al.. Long-Term Perspectives on Sustainability, Resilience, and Change on the Island of Barbuda. Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Jon M. Erlandson, and Kristina M. Gill. Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies. An Archaeology of Human Resilience, University of Florida Press, pp.51-89, 2024, Series Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology, 9780813069975.

[1] Murphy, Arthur. "The Prehistory of Antigua, Ceramic Age: Subsistence, Settlement, Culture and Adaptation Within an Insular Environment" (PDF). University of Calgary.

[2] "Archaic Age". www.archaeologyantigua.org. Retrieved 2026-04-19.

[3] "Ceramic Age / Pre Columbian Saladoid". www.archaeologyantigua.org. Retrieved 2026-04-19.

[4] "Post Saladoid". www.archaeologyantigua.org. Retrieved 2026-04-19.

[5] Sophia Perdikaris, Sandrine Grouard, Rebecca Boger, Allison Bain, Anaëlle Jallon, et al.. Long-Term Perspectives on Sustainability, Resilience, and Change on the Island of Barbuda. Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Jon M. Erlandson, and Kristina M. Gill. Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies. An Archaeology of Human Resilience, University of Florida Press, pp.51-89, 2024, Series Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology, 9780813069975.

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