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El Chorro de Maita

Cuba

El Chorro de Maíta is an archaeological site near Guardalavaca in Eastern Cuba spanning the late prehistoric through early colonial periods, from around 1300 to around 1550 AD.

The site dates from the early 16th century and consists of an excavated Indigenous settlement and cemetery, including dozens of well-preserved human remains. Recent scholarship suggests that Indigenous peoples were living here many decades after Christopher Columbus' arrival. Across from the site is a restaurant and a reconstructed Indigenous village that features life-sized models of native dwellings.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other archaeological sites in Cuba