The scope of Cinnamon Bay research is presented here, followed by an overview of investigations conducted in the prehistoric sector of the site. Material remains recovered confirm that the Northern Virgin Islands are associated with Classic Taino. The archaeological evidence indicates the area under investigation was used as a ceremonial site for over 400 years and that in the last phase of cultural development, before European contact, the area evolves into the chief’s "caney" or temple. Analysis of ceramic adornos from sequential yet separated subseries deposits provides information associated with temporal style, cognition, and links to the ancestor cult and indicates that this iconography is also reflective of temporal social change.