Paso Del Indio Site
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Paso del Indio Site, also known as VB-4, is an
archeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and ...
in
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Vega Baja (, ) is a Vega Baja barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality located on the coast of north central Puerto Rico. It is north of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Morovis, east of Manatí, Puerto Rico, Manatí, and west of ...
. It was listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2007. It is located about from the Atlantic Ocean on the west bank of the Rio Indio. It is "the largest and deepest stratified (approximately 5 m in depth) multi-component prehistoric occupation site discovered to date in Puerto Rico, and possibly all Caribbean islands."


See also

* List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors#Archaeology


References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Pre-Columbian archaeological sites Native American history of Puerto Rico Former populated places in the Caribbean Former populated places in North America {{PuertoRico-NRHP-stub