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The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site (often referred to as Caguana Site) is an archaeological site located in Caguana, Utuado in Puerto Rico, considered to be one of the largest and most important Pre-Columbian sites in the West Indies. [4] The site is known for its well-preserved ceremonial ball courts and petroglyph-carved monoliths
The following list includes all known ball court sites in the United States territories in the Caribbean as identified by the State Historic Preservation Offices of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, documented and surveyed by the National Register Programs Division with the Southeast Regional Office of the National Park Service.
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The terrain within the ball courts and plaza have been artificially modified. Several shell middens are scattered irregularly throughout the site and is some instances the ball courts intrude into them, indicating that the site was occupied for an extended period of time with a gradual evolution into a ceremonial center. [8]
The ceremonial and religious significance of the later-developed ball game appears to indicate a connection with the Mesoamerican ball-game, [3] and it has been argued that the batey ball-game of the Caribbean is a simplified version of the Maya pok ta pok, specified to the culture and religion of the Taino.
Pages in category "Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Faro de los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo, in Cabo Rojo Convento de Porta Coeli, in San Germán Cathedral Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe of Ponce, in Ponce National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (collapsed in late 2020), in Arecibo Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site, in Utuado Fuerte de Vieques, in Vieques Streamline Moderne Normandie Hotel, in San Juan Historic Caparra, in Guaynabo