Complex sentence: Archaeological evidence shows that the first inhabitants of the Virgin Islands were Ortoiroid people, who began their migration into the Antilles about 2000 BC. The historic Arawak people migrated to the area over a period of many centuries and engaged in the first agriculture on the land.
Split into simpler sentences: Archaeological evidence shows that the first inhabitants of the Virgin Islands were Ortoiroid people. The Arawak migrated to the area over a period of many centuries and engaged in the first agriculture on the land.