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Anthropology

Central America and the Caribbean
Central America is comprised of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. These nations are situated between Mexico and South America, forming a land bridge and often referred to as an isthmus.
The Caribbean consists of numerous islands, many of which are independent nations and dependent territories. Independent countries include the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. Additionally, there are numerous dependent territories, such as Anguilla, Aruba, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos, and the US Virgin Islands.

Central American and Caribbean Ethnographies