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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.
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.
The evidence from the site indicates that possible influences from Mesoamerica, e.g. the ball game, are in evidence in Puerto Rico as early as 700 A.D. The presence of shell middens and refuse heaps at the site will afford an opportunity to study subsistence patterns as well as possibly some information on the paleo-environment.
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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 .
Caguana Ceremonial ball court (batey) in Puerto Rico, outlined with stones. The Taíno played a ceremonial ball game called batey. Opposing teams had 10 to 30 players per team and used a solid rubber ball. Normally, the teams were composed of men, but occasionally women played the game as well. [37]