Misplaced Pages

Ball court/plaza sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site
Location	Various in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
MPS	Ball Court/Plaza Sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
NRHP reference No.	64500749

Ball court/plaza sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are the subject of a multiple property submission to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The submission consists of 56 archaeological sites containing bateyes (53 sites in Puerto Rico and 3 sites on the island of St. Croix), out of which five have been inscribed in the NRHP.

List of ball court/plaza sites

The following list includes all known ball court sites in the United States territories in the Caribbean as identified by the State Historic Preservation Offices of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands, documented and surveyed by the National Register Programs Division with the Southeast Regional Office of the National Park Service.

Site name	Image	Location	Notes
Caguana (U-10)		Utuado, Puerto Rico	NRHP-listed in 1992, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993, and recognized by the UNESCO Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative.
Angeles		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Los Pastales I		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Probably destroyed.
Los Pastales II		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Santa Isabel		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
El Cordón		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Salto Arriba		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Probably destroyed.
Gerena		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Muñiz		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Arce		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Sumidero		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Arocho		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Probably destroyed.
Godoy		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Torres Cortés		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Cuevas I		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Probably destroyed.
Cuevas II		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Probably destroyed.
Cayuco		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Cortés-Cayuco		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Casa Vieja		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Bermúdez		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Ferino		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Consejo		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Callejones (LR-2)		Lares, Puerto Rico	Listed in the NRHP in 1999.
Barrio La Vega		Orocovis, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Sabana I-Ildefonso		Orocovis, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Sabana II		Orocovis, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
Pellejas		Utuado, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
Saltos		Orocovis, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Vegas Arriba		Adjuntas, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Pellajas I		Adjuntas, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Palo Hincado (BA-1)		Barranquitas, Puerto Rico	Listed in the NRHP in 1999.
La Toje (BA-2)		Barranquitas, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
Quebrada Grande (BA-3)		Barranquitas, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
La Zama		Jayuya, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
Veguitas		Jayuya, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Jauca		Jayuya, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Villón (CO-2)		Coamo, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
Coamo Arriba		Coamo, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Las Flores		Coamo, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Toita		Cidra, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
Diego Hernández		Yauco, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Mattei		Yauco, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Esperanza		Salinas, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
Minas		Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Tibes (PO-1)		Ponce, Puerto Rico	Listed in the NRHP in 1978.
Llanos Tuna (CR-12)		Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico	Research required, probably eligible.
Delfín del Yagüez		Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Eligible, not yet NRHP-listed.
Cotuí		San Germán, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Bayaney		Hatillo, Puerto Rico	Research required.
Tierras Nuevas		Manatí, Puerto Rico	Research required.
El Destino		Vieques, Puerto Rico	May be destroyed.
Corral de los Indios		Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Located in Isla de Mona. Listed in the NRHP in 1993, part of the Isla de Mona Historic District.
Bajura de los Cerezos		Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Located in Isla de Mona. Listed in the NRHP in 1993, part of the Isla de Mona Historic District.
Salt River (12VAml-6)		St. Croix, Virgin Islands	NHL and NRHP-listed Ceremonial plaza site part of the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve.
Longford		St. Croix, Virgin Islands	Research required.
Robins Bay (12VAml-27)		St. Croix, Virgin Islands	Research required.

See also

• Bateyes de Viví
• Taino archaeology

References

1. Mark R. Barnes (July 9, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Ball Court/Plaza Sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands". National Park Service. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
2. ^ Barnes, Mark R. "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Ball Court / Plaza Sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands". npgallery.nps.gov.
3. "Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site--Historic Places in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". www.nps.gov.
4. "UNESCO Astronomy and World Heritage Webportal - Show entity". www3.astronomicalheritage.net. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
5. Oliver, José R. (1998). El centro ceremonial de Caguana, Puerto Rico: Simbolismo iconográfico, cosmovisión y el poderío caciquil Taíno de Boriquén. ISBN 9780860549154.
6. "Callejones site" (PDF). Agencias PR Gov. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
7. Mark R. Barnes (June 24, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Palo Hincado Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
8. Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center. Archived 2017-08-31 at the Wayback Machine Luis Á. Rodríguez Gracia. Accessed 5 May 2018.
9. ^ National Park Service, NATIONAL REGISTER DIGITAL ASSETS. "Isla de Mona". npgallery.nps.gov.
10. "Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve St. Croix, Virgin Islands". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-11-04.

v t e US National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by region	Central Adjuntas Aguas Buenas Aibonito Barranquitas Caguas Cayey Ciales Cidra Coamo Comerío Corozal Gurabo Jayuya Juncos Lares Las Marías Maricao Morovis Naranjito Orocovis San Lorenzo Trujillo Alto Utuado Villalba Eastern Arroyo Canóvanas Carolina Ceiba Culebra Fajardo Humacao Las Piedras Loíza Luquillo Maunabo Naguabo Patillas Río Grande Vieques Yabucoa Northern Arecibo Barceloneta Bayamón Camuy Cataño Dorado Florida Guaynabo Hatillo Isabela Manatí Quebradillas San Juan San Sebastián Toa Alta Toa Baja Vega Alta Vega Baja Southern Guayama Guayanilla Juana Díaz Peñuelas Ponce Salinas Santa Isabel Yauco Western Aguada Aguadilla Añasco Cabo Rojo Guánica Hormigueros Lajas Mayagüez Moca Rincón Sabana Grande San Germán
Other lists	Bridges Lighthouses National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks Protected areas
Category List NRHP portal

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands
National Historic Landmarks	Columbus Landing Site Ft. Frederik of US Virgin Islands
National Historic Sites	Christiansted National Historic Site Salt River Bay National Historic Site and Ecological Preserve
Districts	Bethlehem Middle Works Historic District Christiansted Historic District Coakley Bay Estate Estate La Reine Estate Mount Victory Estate Saint George Historic District Fair Plain Archeological District Frederiksted Historic District Lower Granard Archeological District Slob Historic District Strawberry Hill Historic District Upper Salt River Archeological District
Other properties	Aklis Archeological Site Danish West India and Guinea Company Warehouse Diamond School Estate Butler's Bay Estate Grove Place Estate Hogansborg Estate Judith's Fancy Estate Little Princess Estate Prosperity Estate St. John Fairplain Historic and Archeological District Friedensfeld Midlands Moravian Church and Manse Friedensthal Mission Great Pond Archeological Site Green Kay Hams Bluff Light La Grande Princesse School Little La Grange Prosperity Archeological Site Richmond Prison Detention and Workhouse River Archeological Site St. John's Episcopal Church Sion Hill St. Georges Archeological Site Whim
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands

• National Historic Landmarks in Puerto Rico
• Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
• National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands
• National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submissions
• Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico
• Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States Virgin Islands
• Sports venues on the National Register of Historic Places
• Sports venues in Puerto Rico
• Sports venues in the United States Virgin Islands
• Native American history of Puerto Rico