 They practised an agrarian and fishing economy, and at their height are thought to have numbered some 60,000 people, grouped into around 200 village headed by "caciques" (chiefs).The south coast of Jamaica was the most populated, especially around the area now known as Old Harbour.Though often thought to have become extinct following contact with Europeans, the Taíno in fact still inhabited Jamaica when the English took control of the island in 1655.