Major Pre-Columbian Site Found in Caribbean


	Major Pre-Columbian Site Found in Caribbean

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12-14-2007 11:10 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/01bf2c3a-d035-4b1d-89ce-4cf9c2bd01ae/5F61147C-131C-4495-8676-F9D55AA9B6EF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071029-ap-pr-site-02.jpg&cap=Puerto+Rican+archaeologist+Hernan+Bustelo+sits+next+stones+etched+with+ancient+petroglyphs+and+graves+that+reveal+unusual+burial+methods+in+Ponce%2C+Puerto+Rico%2C+Tuesday%2C+Oct.+23%2C+2007.+The+archaeological+find%2C+one+of+the+best-preserved+pre-Columbian+sites+found+in+the+Caribbean%2C+form+a+large+plaza+measuring+some+130+feet+by+160+feet+%2840+meters+by+50+meters%29+that+could+have+been+used+for+ball+games+or+ceremonial+rites%2C+officials+said.+Credit%3A+A" href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071029-ap-pr-site-02.jpg&cap=Puerto+Rican+archaeologist+Hernan+Bustelo+sits+next+stones+etched+with+ancient+petroglyphs+and+graves+that+reveal+unusual+burial+methods+in+Ponce%2C+Puerto+Rico%2C+Tuesday%2C+Oct.+23%2C+2007.+The+archaeological+find%2C+one+of+the+best-preserved+pre-Columbian+sites+found+in+the+Caribbean%2C+form+a+large+plaza+measuring+some+130+feet+by+160+feet+%2840+meters+by+50+meters%29+that+could+have+been+used+for+ball+games+or+ceremonial+rites%2C+officials+said.+Credit%3A+A" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071029-ap-pr-site-02.jpg&cap=Puerto+Rican+archaeologist+Hernan+Bustelo+sits+next+stones+etched+with+ancient+petroglyphs+and+graves+that+reveal+unusual+burial+methods+in+Ponce%2C+Puerto+Rico%2C+Tuesday%2C+Oct.+23%2C+2007.+The+archaeological+find%2C+one+of+the+best-preserved+pre-Columbian+sites+found+in+the+Caribbean%2C+form+a+large+plaza+measuring+some+130+feet+by+160+feet+%2840+meters+by+50+meters%29+that+could+have+been+used+for+ball+games+or+ceremonial+rites%2C+officials+said.+Credit%3A+A"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.livescience.com/img/D13DD42A-7784-440C-AB19-BD2F358CA53F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071029-ap-pr-site-02.jpg&cap=Puerto+Rican+archaeologist+Hernan+Bustelo+sits+next+stones+etched+with+ancient+petroglyphs+and+graves+that+reveal+unusual+burial+methods+in+Ponce%2C+Puerto+Rico%2C+Tuesday%2C+Oct.+23%2C+2007.+The+archaeological+find%2C+one+of+the+best-preserved+pre-Columbian+sites+found+in+the+Caribbean%2C+form+a+large+plaza+measuring+some+130+feet+by+160+feet+%2840+meters+by+50+meters%29+that+could+have+been+used+for+ball+games+or+ceremonial+rites%2C+officials+said.+Credit%3A+A"><P>Puerto Rican archaeologist Hernan Bustelo sits next stones etched with ancient petroglyphs and graves that reveal unusual burial methods in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. The archaeological find, one of the best-preserved pre-Columbian sites found in the Caribbean, form a large plaza measuring some 130 feet by 160 feet (40 meters by 50 meters) that could have been used for ball games or ceremonial rites, officials said. 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The archaeologists believe the site in southern Puerto Rico may have belonged to the Taino or pre-Taino people that inhabited the island before European colonization, although other tribes are a possibility.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/history/071029-ap-pr-site.html"><P>
The petroglyphs include the carving of a human figure with masculine features and frog legs. 
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Archaeologists also uncovered several graves with bodies buried face-down with the legs bent at the knees — a style never seen before in the region. 
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