Cueva Lucero (English: Star Cave) is a cave and archeological site in the Guayabal barrio of the Juana Díaz municipality, in Puerto Rico. The cave includes more than 100 petroglyphs and pictographs "making it one of the best examples of aboriginal rock art in the Antilles." It has been known to archeologists since at least the early 1900s. Most of its images are zoomorphic. The site is known to locals including rock-climbers and spelunkers and there is some modern graffiti.[2]
Cueva Lucero | |
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| Location | Address restricted[1] |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico |
| Area | 0.085 acres (340 m2)[2] |
| Built | 600 |
| MPS | Prehistoric Rock Art of Puerto Rico MPS[3] |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000936 |
| Added to NRHP | September 26, 2008 |
The cave was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[3]
Gallery
editView from inside Cueva Lucero:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Rodriguez, Yasha N.; Alvarado Zayas, Pedro; Sueiro, Berenice R. (2008), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cueva Lucero (PDF) (redacted), archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2017, retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ^ a b National Park Service (October 10, 2008), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/29/08 through 10/03/08, archived from the original on May 26, 2017, retrieved June 13, 2017.
External links
edit- Summary sheet from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office (in Spanish)
- Prehistoric Rock Art of Puerto Rico MPS, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation (redacted)
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