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Quebrada Maracuto, in the municipality of
Carolina, Puerto Rico Carolina (; ) is a city and municipality located on the northeast coast of Puerto Rico. It lies immediately east of the capital San Juan and Trujillo Alto; north of Gurabo and Juncos; and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Carolina is spread over ...
, is a prehistoric rock art site. It was listed on the
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 2004. The site includes seven boulders with
petroglyphs A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
. with Images in the petroglyphs include faces and a carved clockwise spiral.


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Carolina, Puerto Rico Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Rock art in North America Petroglyphs {{PuertoRico-NRHP-stub