Cueva Lucero

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 rockclimbers and spelunkers and there is some modern graffiti.[2]

Cueva Lucero
LocationAddress restricted[1]
Nearest cityJuana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Area0.085 acres (340 m2)[2]
Built600
MPSPrehistoric Rock Art of Puerto Rico MPS[3]
NRHP reference No.08000936
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 2008

The cave was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[3]

View from inside Cueva Lucero:

See also
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

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 archeological 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. Rodriguez, Yasha N.; Alvarado Zayas, Pedro; Sueiro, Berenice R. (2008), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cueva Lucero (PDF) (redacted), archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2017, retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. National Park Service (October 10, 2008), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/29/08 through 10/03/08, archived from the original on May 26, 2017, retrieved June 13, 2017.


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