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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/puerto_rico_archaeological_find">http://news.<wbr>yahoo.com/<wbr>s/ap/20071028/<wbr>ap_on_re_<wbr>la_am_ca/<wbr>puerto_rico_<wbr>archaeological_<wbr>find</a><br><br>------------<wbr>-<br><br><h1>
Major archaeological find in Puerto Rico </h1>
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<span>By LAURA N. PEREZ SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer</span><em class="timedate">Sun Oct 28, 4:23 PM ET</em>
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<p>U.S. and Puerto Rican archaeologists say they have found the
best-preserved pre-Columbian site in the Caribbean, which could shed
light on virtually every aspect of Indian life in the region, from
sacred rituals to eating habits.</p>
<p>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.
It contains stones etched with ancient petroglyphs that form a large
plaza measuring some 130 feet by 160 feet, which could have been used
for ball games or ceremonial rites, said Aida Belen Rivera, director of
the Puerto Rican Historic Conservation office.</p>
<p>The petroglyphs include the carving of a human figure with masculine features and frog legs.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The plaza may contain other artifacts dating from 600 A.D. to 1500 A.D., including piles of refuse from daily life, Rivera said.</p>
<p>"I have visited many sites and have never seen a plaza of that
magnitude and of those dimensions and with such elaborate petroglyphs,"
said Miguel Rodriguez, member of the government's archaeological
council and director of a graduate school in Puerto Rico that
specializes in history and humanities. He is not involved in the
excavation project.</p>
<p>Archeologists have known since 1985 that the area contained
indigenous artifacts. But their extent and significance only became
clear this month when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work on
removing them so the land could be used for a dam project.</p>
<p>Experts called for a halt to the excavation, saying the use of heavy
machinery exposed the stones to the elements and may have destroyed
important artifacts. The Corps of Engineers has said the site will be
preserved.</p>
<p>The Tainos were a subgroup of the Arawak Indians, who migrated to
the Caribbean from Mexico's Yucatan centuries before European
colonizers arrived.</p>
<p>Jose Oliver, a Latin American archaeology lecturer at University
College London, said that archeologists make discoveries of this
significance every 50 or 100 years — if they are lucky.</p>
<p>"I'm convinced that a competent investigation of that site will
offer us a rare perspective on our pre-Columbian and pre-colonial
history," Oliver, who has overseen several high-profile digs in Puerto
Rico, said by e-mail.</p>
<p>But he warned that the contractor in charge of the excavation is not equipped to handle such a massive and complex job.</p>
<p>The lead investigator for Georgia-based New South Associates, the
archaeological and historical consulting firm leading the excavation,
said a back hoe that scrapes inches at a time did break some
centuries-old bones, but that the same thing would have occurred during
a manual excavation.</p>
<p>The company switched to slower and more detailed excavation methods
after the site's significance became clear, investigator Chris
Espenshade said.</p></div></div><br>
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