Editing Aruba (section)

==== Burial practices ====
In 1882 French explorer [[Alphonse Pinart|Alphonse L. Pinart]] documented an account provided by an old Aruba Indian. According to the Indian's account, witnessed at the former Indian encampment at ''Saboneta'' ([[Savaneta]]), a native female was inhumed in one of the large conical [[olla]]s. Her body was doubled up inside the vase, with the head protruding through the orifice. Subsequently, a smaller [[urn]] was placed upside down on the head, and the entire burial was covered with earth.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gatschet |first=Alb. S. |date=1885 |title=The Aruba Language and the Papiamento Jargon |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/982990 |journal=Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society |volume=22 |issue=120 |pages=299–305 |jstor=982990 |issn=0003-049X}}</ref>

The Caquetío people were buried in clusters, both within and potentially outside village boundaries. At times, there was a secondary burial, possibly reserved for exceptional individuals. In the primary burial, the deceased were buried in a large pot, covered with a smaller pot placed on top. In a secondary burial, the body was initially buried without a pot, and after a few months or years, the bones were exhumed and reburied in smaller pots for a second time. Some pots contained grave offerings such as axes, shells, and pottery. The secondary burial method was practiced until recently in South America. The striking similarity between the Neo-Indian burial practices in Aruba and the post-Columbian variant in Guajira justifies the assumption that the similar beliefs about life after death existed in both societies.<ref name=":02" />