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Petroglyphs in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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    U.S. archaeologist Nathan Mountjoy sits next to stones etched
    with ancient petroglyphs and graves that reveal unusual burial
    methods in Ponce, Puerto Rico. 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 that could
   have been used for ball games or ceremonial rites, officials said.		     US archaeologist Nathan Mountjoy shows the site where a team
    of archaeologists, from US and Puerto Rico, found stones etched
    with ancient petroglyphs and graves that reveal unusual burial
    methods in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007.
 
 

 
 
     Pre-Columbian artifacts and rock-carvings considered a
     "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery were found in southern Puerto
     Rico last year as the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers built a dam.

 
 
    

 
 

 


 

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