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Cueva La Mora (Spanish for 'blackberry cave') is the name of a cave and archaeological site located in or near Comerío, Puerto Rico. The cave was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 1983, and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000 due to its importance in yielding information about the Pre-Columbian history of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

The Cueva La Mora archaeological site represents one of the few examples of indigenous petroglyphs existing in Puerto Rico. Although the existence of petroglyphs is noted throughout the island by researchers, only a handful of sites exist which also contain pictographs. The durability of petroglyphs over pictographs may account for the scarcity of these types of sites, however, no studies have been done to attempt to demonstrate any association which may have existed between the occurrence of petroglyphs and pictographs. Cueva La Mora may provide the basis for this and other types of research.

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. "Cueva La Mora".
3. GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO, JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO (December 7, 2022). "REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO" (PDF). jp.pr.gov.
4. United States Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form Cueva La Mora" (PDF).

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