Cueva de Los Indios explained

Cueva de Los Indios
Nearest City:Loíza, Puerto Rico
Added:June 24, 1982
Refnum:82003823
Designated Other1 Name:Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. fa7070
Designated Other1 Number:2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH
Designated Other1 Abbr:RNSZH
Designated Other1 Date:February 3, 2000

Cueva de Los Indios, also known as the Cueva Punta Maldonado site, in the municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.[1]

It is a "small" cave with petroglyphs that were, as of 1981, well-preserved, with no evidence of vandalism or other disturbance. In 1981 it was asserted that site is the "only recorded ceremonial cave in the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico that corresponds to the Taino aboriginal occupation" and that it was a site with high archeological research potential.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO . JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO . December 7, 2022 . REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO . jp.pr.gov.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cueva de Los Indios / Cueva de Punta Maldonado . . Coastal Resources and Wildlife Planning Division, Department of Natural Resources . March 26, 1981 . February 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170214004907/http://www2.pr.gov/oech/oech/Documents/Propiedades%20en%20el%20Registro%20Nacional/Loiza/Cueva%20de%20Los%20Indios.pdf . February 14, 2017 . dead .