Oct 30, 2017 · A huge collection of rock art has been discovered in the deep, dark chambers of the cave systems on Puerto Rico's Mona Island.

Just 19 square miles (49.2 square kilometers) in area, Isla Mona, or Mona Island, is riddled with about 200 caves. Archaeologists have explored 70, finding indigenous art in the dark recesses...

Scientists, ecologists, and students have visited Mona Island to explore its distinct ecosystem, which includes the endemic Mona Ground Iguana. The island is also home to many cave drawings that were left behind by the island's original inhabitants.

Nov 2, 2017 · Researchers have found pre-Hispanic rock art in a vast cave system on Puerto Rico’s Mona Island that dates back to at least the 13th century, reports Hannah Osborne at Newsweek.

Nov 2, 2017 · Researchers have found a wealth of cave art on the uninhabited Puerto Rican island of Mona. It's the first pre-Columbian rock art in the Caribbean.

Jul 21, 2016 · Williams reports that Mona Island has around 200 caves, and over the past few years researchers have explored 70 of them, finding many examples of indigenous art. It is …

Oct 31, 2017 · The mix of faces, hybrid human-animal beings, and complex geometric designs marking the walls of Mona Island's caves has revealed details about the beliefs and lifestyle of a people whom Columbus mistook for Indians, helping …

Nov 4, 2017 · Mona’s caves include the greatest diversity of preserved indigenous iconography in the Caribbean. The team uncovered multiple rock art sites inside the caves with iconography consisting of human, animal, and meandering designs.

Jul 19, 2016 · LEICESTER, ENGLAND—Archaeologists have discovered evidence deep in a Caribbean cave that complicates the popular image of early European colonizers as unbending religious hardliners, according to...

Nov 6, 2017 · Scientists have uncovered thousands of well-preserved paintings in caves on Mona Island that date to before Europeans arrived on the island.