Location | north of San Cristobal |
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Region | southern Dominican Republic |
Coordinates | 18°28′03.61″N 70°08′05.86″W / 18.4676694°N 70.1349611°W |
History | |
Periods | from 2,000 years ago |
Associated with | Taino, Carib, Igneri |
The Pomier Caves are a series of 55 caves located north of San Cristobal in the south of the Dominican Republic. They contain the largest collection of rock art in the Caribbean created since 2,000 years ago primarily by the Taíno people but also the Kalinago people and the Igneri, the pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles. These caves have been damaged by the uncontrolled mining of limestone nearby.[1][2]