Punta Ostiones Site

Punta Ostiones Site, also known as Ostiones CR-06, is an archaeological site located in or near Punta Ostiones, in the southwestern Puerto Rican municipality of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Ostiones CR-06 was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 2004, due to being one of the type sites of the Ostionoid culture (600–1500 AD), a Pre-Columbian archaeological culture represented by the Taino people during its latter stages.[2]

Punta Ostiones
LocationAddress restricted[1]
NRHP reference No.04000908
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 2004

The archaeological site consists of a large coastal village, occupied by the Ostionoid culture during the transition period between IIB to III and throughout all of Period III (450–1200 AD). Punta Ostiones deposits have been impacted by natural and cultural processes, nevertheless the site still possess the integrity aspects of location, design, materials and association.[3]

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 archaeological 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. National Park Service, NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. "Punta Ostiones".
  3. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM" (PDF).


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