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Petroglyphs of the Greater Antilles Islands

These supernatural creatures acted as guardians to mark territory or sacred areas. Credit: Wikipedia Commons

These supernatural creatures acted as guardians to mark territory or sacred areas.
This is a more primitive version of a female guardian.
This Taino stone stela in Puerto Rico was almost identical in size to the one found near Atlanta.
Some rock art appears to have been humerous or perhaps portrayed real people.
The artistic style of this guardian is very different than the one found in Atlanta or the cave in Puerto Rico.
Many Taino petroglyphs were so abstract and complex that they appeared to be forms of communication.
A cache of stone stelas were found in a national park in the Virgin Islands that contain very different glyphs than those in Puerto Rico.
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Petroglyphs of the Greater Antilles Islands

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