Cueva de Los Indios

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Cueva de Los Indios
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones

Location	Address restricted^[2]
Nearest city	Loíza, Puerto Rico
NRHP reference No.	82003823^[1]
RNSZH No.	2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1982
Designated RNSZH	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,^[1] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.^[3]

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.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
^ 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" (PDF). jp.pr.gov.
^ Coastal Resources and Wildlife Planning Division, Department of Natural Resources (March 26, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cueva de Los Indios / Cueva de Punta Maldonado" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

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