The ancestors of Taino Indians entered the Caribbean from South America. At the time of contact, the Taino Indians were divided into three broad groups, known as the Western Taíno located fundamentally in Jamaica, most of Cuba, and the Bahamas, the archetypal Taino was from Hispaniola and Puerto Rico and the Eastern Taino from the northern Lesser Antilles islands. It is said that, based upon numerous artifacts found that the Taino Indians tribal groups were in constant conflict with the Caribs of the southern Lesser Antilles.