Cueva Lucero
National Register of Historic Places

Cueva Lucero

Juana Diaz, Juana Diaz County, Puerto Rico
Listed
September 25, 2008
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
08000936

About this property

Cueva Lucero (English: Star Cave) is a cave and archeological site in the Guayabal barrio of the Juana Díaz municipality, in Puerto Rico. The cave includes more than 100 petroglyphs and pictographs "making it one of the best examples of aboriginal rock art in the Antilles." It has been known to archeologists since at least the early 1900s. Most of its images are zoomorphic. The site is known to locals including rock-climbers and spelunkers and there is some modern graffiti. The cave was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. National Register of Historic Places listings in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico Summary sheet from the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office (in Spanish) Prehistoric Rock Art of Puerto Rico MPS, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation (redacted)

Location

Juana Diaz, Juana Diaz County, Puerto Rico
18.08051, -66.45481

Categories

ARTPREHISTORICRELIGION
Sources

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Cueva Lucero was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 2008.

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