Discovery
The site was discovered in 1975 in the aftermath of Hurricane Eloise. In that year, archaeologists from the Guaynia Society of Archeology and History at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico, members of the Archeological Society of the Southwest, announced the discovery of the ruins of a "Batey" in barrio Portugués, on the northern outskirts of the city of Ponce. A total of 9 ball fields were discovered buried under thick forest overgrowth, dating back to AD 25 in the area which is now known as "Centro Ceremonial Indigena de Tibes" (The Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center). The fields varied in size from 12.8 meters (42 ft) long by 10.9 meters (35.8 ft) wide to 35.1 meters (115 ft) long by 9.3 meters (30.5 ft) wide.
Read more about this topic: Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center
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