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Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center

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Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Tibes Indian Ceremonial Center
Phone:
+1 787-840-2255

Hours:
Sunday9am - 3pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am - 3pm
Wednesday9am - 3pm
Thursday9am - 3pm
Friday9am - 3pm
Saturday9am - 3pm


The Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Barrio Tibes, Ponce municipality, Puerto Rico, houses one of the most important archeological discoveries made in the Antilles. The discovery provides an insight as to how the indigenous tribes of the Igneri and Taínos lived and played during and before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the New World. Tibes is the oldest Antillean Indian ceremonial and sports complex yet uncovered in Puerto Rico. Within its boundaries is also the largest indigenous cemetery yet discovered – consisting of 186 human skeletons, most from the Igneri and the rest from the pre-Taíno cultures. Based on the orientation of the ceremonial plazas, this is also believed to be the oldest astronomical observatory in the Antilles.
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