Palo Hincado Site

Palo Hincado Site, also known as BA-1, is an archeological site in or near Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. The site includes a plaza, a 33 metres (108 ft) by 15 metres (49 ft) ball court, and petroglyphs. Reportedly a number of petroglyphs on stones around the plaza and ball court) have been removed by collectors.[3][4]

Palo Hincado Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Address restricted[1]
Nearest city	Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
MPS	Ball Court/Plaza Sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands MPS
NRHP reference No.	99001021[2]
Added to NRHP	September 2, 1999

The site was visited by archeologist Irving Rouse in 1936.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[2]

Palo Hincado is also the name of a barrio, a neighborhood, of Barranquitas.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in central Puerto Rico

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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
3. Mark R. Barnes (June 24, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Palo Hincado Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
4. 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.