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The Nazario Collection (Spanish: Colección Nazario), [3] also known as Agüeybaná's Library (Spanish: Biblioteca de Agüeybaná), [citation needed] Father Nazario's Rocks (Spanish: Piedras del Padre Nazario), [citation needed] and the Phoenician Rocks (Spanish: Piedras Fenicias), are a cache of carved stones that originated at Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican art is the diverse historic collection of visual and hand-crafted arts originating from the island. The art of the Puerto Ricans (Spanish: puertorriqueños or boricuas) draws from the various cultural traditions of the indigenous Taino people, as well as the history of the island as the subject of various other nations.
[3] [1] [2] It was also listed on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001. [15] The park also includes a small museum containing Taíno artifacts, archaeological exhibits and a small botanical garden featuring some of the plants the Taínos harvested for food such as sweet potatoes, cassava, corn, and yautía.
Caparra is an archaeological site in the municipality of Guaynabo in northeastern Puerto Rico. Declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1994, the site contains the remains of the first European settlement and capital of the main island of Puerto Rico, specifically the foundations of the residence of Juan Ponce de León, the first European conquistador and governor of Puerto Rico.
[and] crude artifacts made of conch shells, flint and other stones. [2] ” In Puerto Rico, the Archaic period is recognized by pebble-grinders, pitted hammer stones, and pebble chopper. [2] With these discoveries, recent carbon samples were obtained from the Maria de la Cruz cave producing a date of 40±100 years A.D. [3].
Artifacts found on the site are on display and can be seen in a museum on the site and at the Ponce Museum of Art. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 14 April 1978 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones on May 16, 2001. [12] It is known as the Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes.
In 1967, Casa Blanca was transferred to the Puerto Rican government and designated a historical monument. It was documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1981 and currently operates as a museum showcasing 16th and 17th-century artifacts, administered by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. [2]
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