Punta Ostiones Site
archaeological site in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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.
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.
“Punta Ostiones Site” enters the record as archaeological site in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Punta, Ostiones and Site can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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