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San Cristobal, Dominican Republic - 4/4/2017 - The Pomier Caves are a series of 55 caves north of San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic. They contain over 6000 drawings, pictographs, and petroglyphs of the Pre-Columbian Taino, Caribe, and Igneri cutlures. It is the largest oncentration of ancient rock art in all the Caribbean Basin. Some of the paintings are up to 2000 years old. Cave Number 1 contains 590 painted figures of animals, birds, fish, reptiles and people. The paint was a mixture of charcoal and animal fat.(Photo by Jon G. Fuller/VWPics) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***

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Anthropological Reserve of Cuevas de Borbón Caribbean Caribbean Basin Caribe Cave Number 1 Cuevas del Pomier Dominican Republic Greater Antilles Igneri Island of Hispaniola Latin America No Property Release Pomier Caves Taino West Indies ancient animals anthropological park anthropology archeological archeology archeology site art artificial lighting birds cavern caverns color colour cultural tourism culture figures graffiti heritage historic historical history horizontal format indigenous culture indigenous religion inside interior landmark limestone cave name near San Cristobal painted pictographs pre-Columbian prehistoric preserved religion religious rock rock art scenery scenic subterranean tourism tourist attraction travel traveling trip underground up to 2000 years old

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Various Travel - 28 May 2017