Callejones Site

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Callejones Site
LocationAddress restricted [1]
Nearest city Lares, Puerto Rico
Arealess than one acre
MPS Ball court/plaza sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
NRHP reference No. 99001022
Added to NRHPSeptember 2, 1999

Callejones Site is an archaeological site consisting of a batey (a large clearing where ceremonies took place) located in Lares, Puerto Rico. [2] It is of the Early Ostionoid (pre-Taino) (AD 600–1200) and Late Ostionoid (Taíno) (AD 1200–1500) prehistoric eras and has been researched by Jose Oliver, a researcher from Yale University, [3] and by Samuel Kirkland Lothrop. [4]

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References

  1. 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 .
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Oliver, José R.; Rivera Fontán, Juan. "(2007) -NRHP Bateyes de Vivi (U-1), Utuado, Puerto Rico". Academia. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. "CALLEJONES SITE" (PDF). Agencias PR Gov. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Retrieved 26 June 2019.