When I went to Puerto Rico for a study abroad, I saw many petroglyphs made by the Taino people. Our class found some in random caves when searching for bats along the coast and also found the petroglyphs inscribed into standing rock (like in the image). The petroglyphs on standing rock were usually placed into a circle to form, as I recall, some sort of court for Taino meetings and sports. This specific petroglyph depicts the fertility goddess which was inscribed and sometimes gifted to give women a good omen.
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