[Aztlan] Largest Pre-Columbian site in Puerto Rico uncovered

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

The best preserved Pre-Columbian site in Puerto Rico has been  
uncovered and will give a major amount of information on the cultures  
living there at that time. The site is either Taino and pre-Taino.  
There are petroglyphs surrounding a huge plaza that may have hosted  
ball games or other rituals. One of the petroglyphs contains a  
combined frog/man figure. Graves with indivuduals buried face down  
have been found. (in Mesoamerica, this usually meant burials of people  
who were enemies or sacrificed). The huge number of artifacts being  
uncovered date from 600 CE to 1500 CE. The site was uncovered when the  
Army Corps of Engineers were building a dam. And there are fears that  
the private company doing the excavation is not equipped for the  
magnitude of the scientific excavation this requires.

National Geograpic has the story here with a small petroglyph photo
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/12755325.html

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