Editing Guadeloupe (section)

=== Pre-colonial era ===
[[File:Petroglyphe Plessis3.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Ancient [[petroglyph]] in [[Baillif]]]]
The islands were first populated by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas]], possibly as far back as 3000 BC.<ref name="region">{{cite web |title=Gaudeloupe, a land of history |url=https://www.regionguadeloupe.fr/guadeloupe-regional-council/guadeloupe-a-land-of-history/#_ |website=Region Guadeloupe |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=30 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230174838/https://www.regionguadeloupe.fr/guadeloupe-regional-council/guadeloupe-a-land-of-history/#_ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Siegel et al – ''Analyse préliminaire de prélèvements sédimentaires en provenance de Marie-Galante''. Bilan scientifique 2006–2008. Service régional de l’archéologie Guadeloupe- Saint-Martin – Saint-Barthélemy 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Paleoenvironmental evidence for first human colonization of the eastern Caribbean |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283329730 |pages=275–295<!--endif p.totales--> |year=2015 |bibcode=2015QSRv..129..275S |issn=0277-3791 |last1=Siegel |first1=Peter E. |last2=Jones |first2=John G. |last3=Pearsall |first3=Deborah M. |last4=Dunning |first4=Nicholas P. |last5=Farrell |first5=Pat |last6=Duncan |first6=Neil A. |last7=Curtis |first7=Jason H. |last8=Singh |first8=Sushant K. |volume=129 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.014}}.</ref> The [[Arawak]] people are the first identifiable group, but they were later displaced {{circa|1400}} by [[Kalina people|Kalina]]-Carib peoples.<ref name="britannica.com" />