Cueva de Los Indios

{{short description|Historic place in Loíza, Puerto Rico}}

{{distinguish|Cueva del Indio (disambiguation){{!}}Cueva del Indio}}

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| name = Cueva de Los Indios

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| location = {{Address restricted}}

| nearest_city = Loíza, Puerto Rico

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| added = June 24, 1982

| refnum = 82003823{{NRISref|2009a}}

| designated_other1_name = Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones

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| designated_other1_color = #fa7070

| designated_other1_number = 2000-(RMSJ)-00-JP-SH

| designated_other1_abbr = RNSZH

| designated_other1_date = February 3, 2000

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Cueva de Los Indios, also known as the Cueva Punta Maldonado site, in the municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.{{Cite web |last=GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO |first=JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO |date=December 7, 2022 |title=REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO |url=https://jp.pr.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/REGISTRO-OFICIAL-DE-SITIOS-Y-ZONAS-HISTORICAS-DESIGNADAS-Rev.-DIC-2022.pdf |website=jp.pr.gov}}

It is a "small" cave with petroglyphs that were, as of 1981, well-preserved, with no evidence of vandalism or other disturbance. In 1981 it was asserted that site is the "only recorded ceremonial cave in the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico that corresponds to the Taino aboriginal occupation" and that it was a site with high archeological research potential.{{cite web |url=http://www2.pr.gov/oech/oech/Documents/Propiedades%20en%20el%20Registro%20Nacional/Loiza/Cueva%20de%20Los%20Indios.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cueva de Los Indios / Cueva de Punta Maldonado |publisher=National Park Service |author=Coastal Resources and Wildlife Planning Division, Department of Natural Resources |date=March 26, 1981 |accessdate=February 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214004907/http://www2.pr.gov/oech/oech/Documents/Propiedades%20en%20el%20Registro%20Nacional/Loiza/Cueva%20de%20Los%20Indios.pdf |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |url-status=dead }}