Editing Lucayan people (section)

=== Connections ===
The Lucayans were part of a larger Taíno population in the [[Greater Antilles]]. The Lucayans, along with the Taínos in [[Jamaica]], most of Cuba and parts of western Hispaniola have been classified as part of a Sub-Taíno, Western Taíno or Ciboney Taíno cultural and language group. Keegan describes any distinctions between Lucayans and Classical Taínos of Hispaniola and eastern Cuba as largely arbitrary. The Lucayans lived in smaller political units, simple [[chiefdom]]s, compared to the more elaborate political structures in Hispaniola, and their language and culture showed differences, but they remained Taínos, although a "hinterland" of the wider Taíno world. The Lucayans were connected to a Caribbean-wide trade network. Columbus observed trade carried between Long Island and Cuba by dugout canoe. A piece of [[jadeite]] found on San Salvador Island appears to have originated in [[Guatemala]], based on a [[trace element]] analysis.{{Sfnm|1a1=Granberry|1a2=Vescelius|1y=2004|1pp=14, 38, 43|2a1=Keegan|2y=1992|2pp=104, 162, 203}}