In my previous post on the humanization of the Caribbean Sea I discussed how the first humans to settle the insular Caribbean—prehistoric, Archaic Age people—made extensive use of the ocean resources associated with their new island homes. These people occupied many of the islands of the Caribbean until about 2,500 years ago when a second wave of migrants dispersed into the Caribbean Sea. They almost entirely replaced the original inhabitants and settled new islands for the first time. In this post I discuss how, like their Archaic Age precursors, these new colonists pursued a way of life that was highly dependent on the exploitation of the abundant ocean resources surrounding their island homes.