an ▁villages ▁were ▁linear , ▁along ▁the ▁coast , ▁often ▁on ▁the ▁le ew ard ▁side ▁of ▁an ▁island , ▁but ▁also ▁found ▁on ▁the ▁wind ward ▁side ▁wherever ▁tid al ▁cre eks ▁provided ▁some ▁protected ▁sh or eline . ▁ ▁Diet ▁The ▁Luc ay ans ▁grew ▁root ▁cro ps ▁and ▁h unted , ▁f ished ▁and ▁gathered ▁wild ▁food s . ▁The ▁st ap le ▁c rop ▁of ▁the ▁Luc ay ans ▁was ▁man i oc ▁( c ass ava ). ▁The ▁Spanish ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁T ain os ▁also ▁grew ▁sweet ▁pot atoes , ▁c oco y ams , ▁arrow root , ▁l eren , ▁y am pe e , ▁pe an uts , ▁be ans ▁and ▁c uc urb its , ▁and ▁the ▁Luc ay ans ▁probably ▁took ▁most , ▁if ▁not ▁all , ▁of ▁those ▁cro ps ▁with ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁Bah am as . ▁Ma ize ▁was ▁a ▁recent ▁introduction ▁to ▁the ▁Gre ater ▁Ant illes ▁when ▁the ▁Spanish ▁arrived , ▁and ▁was ▁only ▁a ▁minor ▁component ▁of ▁the ▁T ain o ▁and , ▁pres umably , ▁Luc ay an ▁di ets . ▁The ▁Luc ay ans ▁may ▁have ▁grown ▁pap ay as , ▁p ine app les , ▁gu ava , ▁m am mee ▁apple , ▁gu ine p ▁and ▁t amar ind ▁fruit . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁few ▁land ▁animals ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁Bah am as ▁for ▁hunting : ▁h ut ias ▁( T ain o ▁ut ia ), ▁rock ▁ igu anas , ▁small ▁l